Still processing Serra's Liberté, which debuted on Euro MUBI yesterday, but was left wondering if the BBFC even has any jurisdiction over this kind of sexually explicit material any longer...
― Ward Fowler, Saturday, 5 December 2020 14:30 (three years ago) link
I liked Liberte way more the day after after having thought about it than watching it. I don’t think that’s a knock necessarily, some work just functions that way.
― “Big” Don Abernathy, Tuesday, 22 December 2020 17:27 (three years ago) link
*bump*
― Next Time Might Be Hammer Time (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 22 January 2021 23:36 (three years ago) link
Curious aboutWittgenstein Plays Chess with Duchamp or How Not to Do Philosophy
― Next Time Might Be Hammer Time (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 22 January 2021 23:49 (three years ago) link
It's lovely.
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Saturday, 23 January 2021 02:15 (three years ago) link
So sometimes Mubi sends an email that something is leaving soon and then in the app over that film it will say leaving in one week, but then other times it sends the notification email but the app doesn’t seem to say anything until the thing disappears, as seems to have been the case with India Song. What gives?
― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 18 February 2021 02:30 (three years ago) link
I watched Ida Lupino's The Hitch-Hiker last night. A decent 50's noir with William Talman putting in a good shift as a beastly psychopath who sleeps with one eye open.
― calzino, Thursday, 18 February 2021 19:54 (three years ago) link
I need to watch that, can't remember if I ever saw it. The last one I saw of hers was The Bigamist, which I would recommend.
― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 18 February 2021 19:58 (three years ago) link
https://bamlive.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/program_slide/s3/Lupino_Hitch-Hiker_002.jpg?itok=7Yig2VBK
I will be watching The Bigamist while it's still on there. Talman sports an incredible look in The Hitch-Hiker.
― calzino, Thursday, 18 February 2021 20:09 (three years ago) link
Is it going away soon? Didn’t notice.
― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 19 February 2021 13:44 (three years ago) link
I'm not totally sure about MUBI's rotation policy tbh, but they obv don't stream as many as n*****x and stuff does disappear every so often
― calzino, Friday, 19 February 2021 14:02 (three years ago) link
mubi recently changed how it works, before it was 30 films, one gets removed and another added each day, to them having a library section, which seems to be stuff that is available permanently (or as permanently as anything on a streaming service is) and then the 'film of the day' section which has the 30 films like before (some of which go into the library, some don't)
i would highly recommend 'about some meaningless events' which was added to their library recently and is a genuine 10/10 stone cold masterpiece
― dogs, Friday, 19 February 2021 17:16 (three years ago) link
Martin Eden showed up at some point recently.
― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 27 February 2021 01:10 (three years ago) link
US only it seems
― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 27 February 2021 01:14 (three years ago) link
Sorry, this special is not available in your countryOkay, I kind of hate it when I see this.
― It Is Dangerous to Meme Inside (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 17 April 2021 01:31 (three years ago) link
This is one of the few streaming services where you can use a V1R7U41 PR1V473 N37W0RK to pretend you are in a different land. It has always worked for me, anyway.
― Hans Holbein (Chinchilla Volapük), Sunday, 18 April 2021 05:00 (three years ago) link
I just watched Swimming Pool, reviewed upthread.
Really impressed by Charlotte Rampling's performance as an uptight English person. She really captures the atmosphere and mannerisms of being an uptight rigid person, whilst hating yourself for being so, and the increasing envy of people who are freeing and obviously enjoying themselves more. The general atmosphere of heat and time slowing down in the country were also captured really well and seem very exotic from my current viewpoint.
Have resolved to make more of MUBI. Any more recommendations welcome...
― Luna Schlosser, Saturday, 1 May 2021 08:04 (three years ago) link
Can strongly recommend Shiva Baby which has just appeared. Great debut film.
― Luna Schlosser, Friday, 11 June 2021 23:10 (two years ago) link
Just got an email to watch Drugstore Cowboy before it leaves in seven days.
― AP Chemirocha (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 12 June 2021 02:17 (two years ago) link
Swimming Pool leaving (UK) MUBI shortly. FOTD is Tom Ford’s A Single Man, which I liked quite a bit (not a widely shared view though).
― Luna Schlosser, Friday, 25 June 2021 11:37 (two years ago) link
Good news. One of your favourite films, The Giant is now showing.The GiantJohannes Nyholm
1) I no longer pay for mubi (I hope!)2) I have never heard of this film.
― At Easter I had a fall. I don't know whether to laugh or cry (ledge), Friday, 9 July 2021 09:08 (two years ago) link
In the middle of Sweat, which is pretty good so far.
― No Particular Place to POLL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 7 August 2021 23:28 (two years ago) link
Wonder if I spoke too soon, turned even darker than I expected.
― No Particular Place to POLL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 8 August 2021 00:17 (two years ago) link
Wonder whether I should watch Cedric Klapisch, the Lem festival, something else or nothing at all.
― I, the Jukebox Jury (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 19 September 2021 22:46 (two years ago) link
Lem festival?
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Monday, 20 September 2021 13:07 (two years ago) link
Lem Centennial. Four films:His Master’s VoiceThe (Futurological) CongressRoly PolyMaska
― I, the Jukebox Jury (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 20 September 2021 16:40 (two years ago) link
The MUBI Podcast is very good - all about films that are huge in a specific country but mostly obscure outside it. Usually also made in that country but not always - there's one about a Mexican melodrama that flopped there but became a huge seller in the Soviet Union!
― Daniel_Rf, Tuesday, 21 September 2021 10:04 (two years ago) link
Irritatingly none of those are available here.
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Wednesday, 22 September 2021 10:42 (two years ago) link
Just watched Chavela, which I recommend.
― Sterl of the Quarter (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 22 November 2021 02:51 (two years ago) link
Might try to go see the new Jane Campion Western during the week and then the Romanian film over the weekend
― Sporting with the Fbclid (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 23 November 2021 19:12 (two years ago) link
Okay, completed phase one of this project.
― Sporting with the Fbclid (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 24 November 2021 02:39 (two years ago) link
i really would like to be well enough to go see the new Campion in theaters. what did you think?
― When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 24 November 2021 04:06 (two years ago) link
i got a sub to this to get away from flipping thru the menus of shittier services for hours, but i rarely watch it lol
the last thing i caught was this quasi-horror movie and hfs it was GRIM: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wall_(2012_film)
i tried getting into this but it didn't really stick: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gangs_of_Wasseypur
other than that, idk, i got a kick out of those stop-motion 70s hungarian shorts
― goole, Wednesday, 24 November 2021 05:12 (two years ago) link
― Sporting with the Fbclid (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 24 November 2021 12:34 (two years ago) link
that was decent yeah, even though I didn't feel in the mood for Cumberbatch in that type of role, but he does ok.
― calzino, Wednesday, 24 November 2021 12:37 (two years ago) link
Very much of a piece with her crime TV work imo.
Had a grand old time having two bros behind me at the cinema chuckling at every instance of homophobic bullying in it.
― Daniel_Rf, Wednesday, 24 November 2021 12:51 (two years ago) link
I was thinking something similar to calzino. Do I actually need to see him in this role? Maybe not. But I’m fine with it. The most interesting performance by far was the boy. Oh and don’t blink or you’ll miss Keith Carradine.
― Sporting with the Fbclid (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 24 November 2021 12:54 (two years ago) link
Wow, BC seems to have engaged in some serious Marathon Man-level Method Acting.
― Sporting with the Fbclid (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 24 November 2021 14:10 (two years ago) link
I was going a few months there where I wasnt really getting the use out of it but I've seen some great stuff over the last two months
The Nun (Rivette, 1966)Ponette (Doillon, 1996)In the Name of Christ (M'Bala, 1993 - strange religious satire from the Ivory Coast)Mandabi (Sembene, 1968)
― Saxophone Of Futility (Michael B), Wednesday, 24 November 2021 14:31 (two years ago) link
MUBI GO is a cheat, cheat, cheat. Instead of the Romanian film they promised it is still the Jane Campion, so not a new film every week. BTW, the JC film is based on a book but not the book of the same title a lot of ILX0Rs like.
― Duck and Sally Can't Dance (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 26 November 2021 12:37 (two years ago) link
Maybe I will, um, go to Lincoln Center on my own dime.
― Duck and Sally Can't Dance (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 26 November 2021 13:19 (two years ago) link
I did watch Die Wand/The Wall before it leaves in five days, which I recommend.
― Duck and Sally Can't Dance (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 26 November 2021 21:34 (two years ago) link
https://mubi.com/notebook/posts/the-current-debate-the-obliqueness-of-campion-s-the-power-of-the-dog
― Duck and Sally Can't Dance (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 26 November 2021 21:38 (two years ago) link
I kind of am curious about the novel The Power of the Dog. I assume much stuff that is cryptic or murky in the movie is made more explicit, although Wikipedia has a summary with some spoilers that seems to indicate some different action from the film.
― Duck and Sally Can't Dance (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 27 November 2021 01:41 (two years ago) link
MUBI GO fixed the glitch. I’m in!
― Duck and Sally Can't Dance (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 27 November 2021 21:37 (two years ago) link
Enjoyed Microhabitat - Jeon Go-woon’s debut film. One of the user reviews compared it to Frances Ha - and it is an interesting thought.
― Luna Schlosser, Sunday, 28 November 2021 00:12 (two years ago) link
weird how two of the three movies I watched because they expiring from MUBI ended up on Tubi.
― Duck and Sally Can’t Dance (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 1 December 2021 16:53 (two years ago) link
Looking forward to AZOR this weekend.
― Duck and Sally Can’t Dance (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 2 December 2021 00:01 (two years ago) link
Enjoyed Microhabitat - Jeon Go-woon’s debut film. One of the user reviews compared it to Frances Ha - and it is an interesting thought.― Luna Schlosser, zondag 28 november 2021 1:12 (four days ago)
― Luna Schlosser, zondag 28 november 2021 1:12 (four days ago)
― willem, Thursday, 2 December 2021 19:50 (two years ago) link
One thing: seems to me they used to give advance notice which films were coming in a series but now they are often more cagey, so Pierrot le fou but then what.
― Goofy the Grifter (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 2 December 2021 22:11 (two years ago) link