MUBI (Criterion-affiliated streaming classic, foreign, independent movie site) - c/d, comments, recommendations, etc.

Doing a nice run of Argentinian new wave films rn.

In the US two. Haven't watched any yet though

Aargh! Two=too

Watch Eduardo Williams' The Human Surge! I will definitely rewatch. When first I saw it, I didn't really think much of it, but parts of it has stayed with me and I've been thinking more and more about some of the stuff that it did.

The Gold Bug is a pretty great example of how to deal with weird co-production schemes as well. Fun film.

In the US they are all directed by either Mariano Llinás or Alejo Moguillansky.

Intend to see all apart from Extraordinary Stories which is four hours long.

I watched the very beginning of Extraordinary Stories and would have watched more if I had time. Also watched the first two sections of Balnearios which I really enjoyed, but again didn't have time to finish. Would definitely want to see both in the entirety. Probably better to see a four hour movie in a theater though.

Mubi always creeps up on me. I intend to watch another, then finally have to download to phone when something is expiring and I watch as match as I can before it is wiped.

So, good luck to me with the three early Hitchcocks.

Or maybe I can finish watching the early Renoir Whirlpool of Fate that is already expired but still exists on my phone for a few more moments.

thought Cocote was excellent, a really haunting subversion of the filial revenge archetype to look at how religion shapes peoples awareness of their own agency within an urban/rural divide.

https://www.screendaily.com/news/mubi-launches-uk-cinema-ticket-offering-mubi-go-exclusive/5132278.article

A weekly ticket for HOME Manchester and MUBI access? Yaldi

When did this Mubi Rental feature start?

seems kinda like a good idea tbh

see some press from March

Hey, there is a 30 minute Victor Erice short available here: https://mubi.com/notebook/posts/foreplays-15-victor-erice-s-la-morte-rouge

Terrific Hong Sang-soo retro on MUBI, watched three so far..the first two are gone but do catch the others if you haven't

Yeah I’m loving it, and uncharacteristically managing to remember to see them before they drop off - which is more than I can say about their wenders retro, all of which I have missed so far (meaning that I have still never seen a wenders film)

This seems to not be on in the US :(

You have to see Paris Texas wins!

Wenders is ok sometimes but that stuff comes around again and again. The Sang-soo retro is really useful because you hardly get a film of his on a good run.

Having said that I should watch Paris Texas actually.

price gone up on this recently? swear it used to be £60 pa or £8 pcm payg

scribd comes with mubi now? glad i tried out the annual free month again.

that is, you subscribe (or get a free month) to scribd and they give you mubi for free.

I enjoyed the oddly retitled and sweetly mannered "Microhabitat" which just got on the roster so should be there for a bit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMuGBFMCuq8

kinda thinking i will give these kazuhiro soda films a try too
http://www.spectacletheater.com/kazuhiro-soda/

Only seen Inland Sea, but it's pretty great! Jealous it's not on in Denmark, I would try and see them all.

Really dug this Mathieu Amalric film I just watched.

Has anyone checked out Ovid? Collective of small distributors banded together to start a streaming site of their own, it looks like they might be using the same back end as Mubi?

https://ovid.tv/

Amazing doc collection!

Looks great

https://mubi.com/showing/leto

I'm really looking forward to this - timed to coincide with the 29th anniversary of Tsoi's death.

Excellent. Think this was playing at the ICA last week.

https://mubi.com/showing/the-needle

!!!!!!!!!

More Tsoi!

I don't want to rain on anyone's parade, but I thought Leto was a bit so so. The story is fascinating, and I like the mood, but... I think Serebrennikov might just not be such a great filmmaker.

The Needle is pretty good though. And Assa, if they show that as well. That's a crazy film :)

Apparantly, Infinite Football is on there in many territories. Not Denmark. But if it's available, I do recommend it. Best film of 2018, imo.

The Romanian movie? Saw that there, looking forward and to watching, thanks for the recommendation.

now has a constant library. with a lot of lav diaz.

All I see is Night Tide with Dennis Hopper.

Holy fuck.

Oh on the desktop, but not the app.

coming soon apparently

Did you get some kind of notification? I didn't.

I got an email, stating:

«Our LIBRARY is now open.
Today, we open our LIBRARY. A huge, brand new section of MUBI. Full of hundreds of incredible films.

Films you missed the first time we picked them.
Films you can discover all over again.
Films you never even knew existed.

From MUBI specials and retrospectives, to our double-bills and other exclusives.
All hand-picked by us. As always.

LIBRARY is included with a MUBI membership. You can explore right now, on our website. And very soon on our Apple and Android apps.»

Hm. The last email I got from MUBI was about The Last Laugh.

I’m in Europe btw

Right, was wondering about that. Still, I can see some kind of library on my desktop.

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Think USA MUBI differs quite a bit from EURO MUBI

Glad to have a chance to catch-up with some things I missed - some of the Diaz, Portrait of a Lady on Fire, High Life, Bacurau, Jonas Mekas, The Wonders etc

If people haven't seen Serra's Story of My Death, that gets my highest recommendation fwiw

yeah this library helps a lot. Ryuichi Sakamoto's Coda is one of the best things I saw last year.