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

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I joined so I could watch "A Letter To Uncle Boonmee" for $1 but there is a lot of good stuff on here and I know people who have had offers to stream their work on MUBI. What do people think of sites like this as a means of exhibition/distribution?

I am not in any way affiliated with MUBI but I am interested in how people will be screening and watching movies in the coming futures.

life behind bras (admrl), Friday, 13 August 2010 16:04 (fourteen years ago) link

Some really good, surprising stuff on there imo

life behind bras (admrl), Friday, 13 August 2010 16:05 (fourteen years ago) link

Lots of people gave them shit for changing their name, but it certainly hasn't affected the quality of the website. Really well-designed, lots of valuable information. The Notebook is, quite easily, my favorite website for film news: David Hudson is wonderful at his job.

I worked on this and am really happy with the way the stream looks: http://mubi.com/programs/50

christopher dullan (Tape Store), Friday, 13 August 2010 18:25 (fourteen years ago) link

Ha, I found this site the other day looking for ... well, you know.

jaymc, Friday, 13 August 2010 18:56 (fourteen years ago) link

ive read the notebook for a while now, though havent explored much else of the site. o i think i watched "fat girl" for free here a while back too

johnny crunch, Friday, 13 August 2010 19:00 (fourteen years ago) link

Watched an early Desplechin on it a few months back, but nothing since... in the UK, anyway, the list of films available seems a little limited?

Stevie T, Friday, 13 August 2010 19:18 (fourteen years ago) link

i can't find out how much subscriptions cost - is it worth it to have an unlimited subscription vs. paying per film?

sarahel, Friday, 13 August 2010 19:29 (fourteen years ago) link

heh, i subscribed to this a month ago and didn't watch a single film before my subscription timed out.

plax (ico), Friday, 13 August 2010 19:31 (fourteen years ago) link

haha, the reason i joined was a letter to uncle boonmee, i just didn't watch it.

plax (ico), Friday, 13 August 2010 19:34 (fourteen years ago) link

@sarahel if you click on 'Account' at the top right and then 'Subscription' it should tell you how much a subscription costs in your area.

In the UK a subscription is £12 per month and individual movies are £3 each or a one-off £12 for 5 films, so a subscription is worth it if you plan on watching 6 or more in a month.

krakow, Friday, 13 August 2010 19:52 (fourteen years ago) link

three months pass...

looks like the sub is just 9 pounds now, so it becomes worth it if you watch 4 or more a month

the good - beautiful interface; lots of obscure flicks; lots of short films; don't have to subscribe; movies start instantly

the bad - only about 400 films so far, yet their database makes it seem like there's more (for instance, they're doing a promo about agnes varda at the moment, using a still from a movie that's not actually available to see)

- you need to choose "WATCH" to limit our searches to only things that are available

anyway, anybody got any good recs? i haven't heard of most of these movies

progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 14 November 2010 14:09 (fourteen years ago) link

(this is available on the PS3 now, by the way, and it looks gorgeous)

progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 14 November 2010 14:09 (fourteen years ago) link

I have enough films to watch, so I just read The Notebook (esp since Hudson links Slant all the time).

kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 14 November 2010 14:22 (fourteen years ago) link

the notebook is very handy

caek, Sunday, 14 November 2010 15:07 (fourteen years ago) link

i made this list of UK-available ones to watch

Despleschin
Miguel Gomes
Nossiter
HONOUR OF THE KNIGHTS (QUIXOTIC)
Love Will Tear Us Apart

the first guy you probably know, the last one is by the DoP of something or other chinese, the others i can't remember why i put them down or who they are

rip whiney g weingarten 03/11 never forget (history mayne), Sunday, 14 November 2010 15:13 (fourteen years ago) link

oh yeah the nossiter thing is about french wine?

rip whiney g weingarten 03/11 never forget (history mayne), Sunday, 14 November 2010 15:14 (fourteen years ago) link

gomes is a portugese guy, im betting

the other one, idk... albert serra?

rip whiney g weingarten 03/11 never forget (history mayne), Sunday, 14 November 2010 15:14 (fourteen years ago) link

Gomes is indeed Portuguese. Our Beloved Month of August is great. The earlier stuff is pretty eh.

C0L1N B..., Sunday, 14 November 2010 19:57 (fourteen years ago) link

they are showing new argentinian stuff gratis this week

caek, Monday, 15 November 2010 11:43 (fourteen years ago) link

Honor Of The Knights is Albert Serra. Enjoy!

The Beatles (admrl), Monday, 15 November 2010 16:10 (fourteen years ago) link

nine months pass...

Anyone who uses this, how is it going?

Love that it's on the PS3, would join if it was on Wii

Lophar Andreusz DeLeone (admrl), Monday, 22 August 2011 18:45 (thirteen years ago) link

four months pass...

This site throws up some interesting things from time to time.

age is not a number of years but a great experience in life (admrl), Friday, 20 January 2012 17:43 (twelve years ago) link

to watch?
i just really read the notebook, which is good

quick brown fox triangle (schlump), Friday, 20 January 2012 19:24 (twelve years ago) link

one month passes...

Watched Vampyr this afternoon. It was excellent.

The Winged Devil Ape (Fizzles), Sunday, 26 February 2012 22:05 (twelve years ago) link

You can become a fan of me now, if you like.

I'm not twisting yr arm or anything,

"HUH?" (admrl), Sunday, 26 February 2012 23:38 (twelve years ago) link

http://mubi.com/cast_members/140297

"HUH?" (admrl), Sunday, 26 February 2012 23:38 (twelve years ago) link

Done!

Fizzles, Monday, 27 February 2012 10:36 (twelve years ago) link

gave you an official film club endorsement, let me know if there are palpable ripples of interest

john-claude van donne (schlump), Monday, 27 February 2012 11:50 (twelve years ago) link

one year passes...

Trying to watch the Zidane doc right now before it goes away, but buffering issues.

Looking forward to watching the two Philippe Garrels.

What About The Half That's Never Been POLLed (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 6 April 2013 19:39 (eleven years ago) link

ten months pass...

Wish they had a mute button for the silents.

In Walked Sho-Bud (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 15 February 2014 13:52 (ten years ago) link

two months pass...

resident evil!

♛ LIL UNIT ♛ (thomp), Friday, 2 May 2014 21:14 (ten years ago) link

i am sort of onboard with this site now

♛ LIL UNIT ♛ (thomp), Friday, 2 May 2014 21:14 (ten years ago) link

I have a free months I think?

wins, Friday, 2 May 2014 21:21 (ten years ago) link

I need to make more time for these things

wins, Friday, 2 May 2014 21:22 (ten years ago) link

I took a break for a while need to get back into it.

Also, silents ain't exactly silent since somebody usually tacks orchestral soundtracks onto them.

Bee Traven Thousand (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 2 May 2014 21:30 (ten years ago) link

three months pass...

this sucks that there's no way to watch this on a television in the us that i can find.
maybe apple tv via the ipad? I'll have to buy a membership to find out...

i use my hdmi-bluray cable to connect my computer to my tv. doesn't that work in us?

Frederik B, Friday, 8 August 2014 07:06 (ten years ago) link

if i had a computer with a hdmi out, yeah

if i had a computer with a hdmi out, yeah

i use ipad with hdmi, plus changing the aspect ratio. works fine.

Fizzles, Saturday, 9 August 2014 09:54 (ten years ago) link

you can get an adapter that uses the weird lil - what is it? - svga out?, on your computer? & that transforms to hdmi

schlump, Saturday, 9 August 2014 15:28 (ten years ago) link

apple tv works just fine and I can also download to my pad to watch on the train. watched three films today. Very much hooked.

go ahead. make vid where u rap about this new TMNT movie. (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 13 August 2014 05:40 (ten years ago) link

eight months pass...

ooh, they've got diaz's from what is before on. Just need to find a spare 5.5hr

nults of 2 ppl don't amount to a will have beens in this crazy (wins), Sunday, 26 April 2015 07:44 (nine years ago) link

That was screened without an intermission at the Glasgow Film Festival, hope you'll observe the same viewing conditions

sʌxihɔːl (Ward Fowler), Monday, 27 April 2015 11:47 (nine years ago) link

three weeks pass...

haha so I didn't do this

I have 2hr left to watch this 5.5hr film before it goes out of my life forever

time trafel 2015 💨 2012 (wins), Friday, 22 May 2015 20:11 (nine years ago) link

I'm too tipsy to concentrate tho

time trafel 2015 💨 2012 (wins), Friday, 22 May 2015 20:12 (nine years ago) link

this thing is awesome but i need an easier way to port it to my (american) tv set

ideoatv, this is the most perfect service I have ever known

time trafel 2015 💨 2012 (wins), Friday, 22 May 2015 21:21 (nine years ago) link

Today's film in Denmark is The Second Game, the film Corneliu Porumboiu made, consisting of a vhs-copy of a tv-game from 88 with him and his dad talking on top of it. That's arty. Also, it's pretty fun for fans of Porumboiu.

Frederik B, Friday, 22 May 2015 21:27 (nine years ago) link

that's today's film everywhere! will watch.

time trafel 2015 💨 2012 (wins), Friday, 22 May 2015 21:32 (nine years ago) link

It was fun to watch at a film festival with an audience consisting mainly of football fans. I hope they got something out of it.

Frederik B, Friday, 22 May 2015 21:37 (nine years ago) link

Pretty happy with MUBI GO these days.

Johnny Bit Rot (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 24 June 2023 23:10 (one year ago) link

Last week CRIMSON, this week REVOIR PARIS.

Johnny Bit Rot (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 25 June 2023 01:03 (one year ago) link

Franz Rogowski and Adèle Exarchopoulos is about as MUBI as casting could get.

Looking For Mr. Goodreads (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 28 June 2023 16:09 (one year ago) link

Reasonably certain Passages will end up my favorite movie of the year in the end

fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Wednesday, 28 June 2023 16:28 (one year ago) link

just noticed that there is watch history on mubi and these are movies i would totally watch again/i really liked:

Lucky Chan-Sil
Styx
The Guardians
Sweetgrass
Of Horses And Men
Fourteen
Air Conditioner
Esther Kahn
Gritt
24 City
Once Upon A Time In Anatolia
America As Seen By A Frenchman
Azor

most WTF uhhhhhhhhhhhh award obviously goes to The Trouble With Being Born. don't think i need to see that again though...

(least favorite white savior movie about bongo drums: The Visitor.)

scott seward, Saturday, 1 July 2023 18:10 (one year ago) link

Once Upon a Time in Anatolia is wonderful. Nuri Bilge Ceylan is one of today’s top 10 directors

beamish13, Saturday, 1 July 2023 21:34 (one year ago) link

Azor was my favorite 2021 movie. Even thinking about it now is giving me a bit of the creeps.

Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 1 July 2023 21:43 (one year ago) link

yes there are parts of that movie that evoke a rare sense of dread, it's top notch

calzino, Saturday, 1 July 2023 21:49 (one year ago) link

Saw AMANDA last night with MUBI GO. Pretty good.

The Lunatics (Have Taken Over the Elektra) (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 13 July 2023 12:29 (one year ago) link

two weeks pass...

New collection here looks choice:

https://mubi.com/en/us/collections/spectacle-everyday

Beloved by Latin American audiences—and renowned auteurs such as Alfonso Cuarón and Guillermo del Toro—the Golden Age of Mexican cinema is filled with treasures beyond a cinephile’s wildest dreams. Ushering in a monumentally prolific era of master filmmakers and unforgettable screen stars, these exquisite tales ingeniously reimagine the visual aesthetics of classical Hollywood through the distinctive lens of local culture and history. Pressing issues such as wealth inequality and gender roles are among their primary concerns, yet many of the most notable films from this period also have a penchant for the surreal, the fantastical, and the pleasurably strange. Immortalized on screen are not only political revolutionaries but also luchadores, witches, superheroes, and more.

Here, fiery passions can lead to more than a clandestine love affair; they can result in murder or villainous plans for world domination! With melodrama as the key mode of expression, the mirror of everyday realism is shattered, revealing the volatile depths of human desire. Curated in partnership with the Locarno Festival, this selection delivers a taste of their exceptional retrospective of Mexican film production, which includes never-before-seen works. Erasing the simplistic binary between so-called highbrow and lowbrow entertainment, these rediscovered gems, which span three decades, showcase the potency of popular cinema as a vessel for both social commentary and genre delights.

Five up now and hopefully more to follow.

Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 2 August 2023 18:10 (one year ago) link

Be still my beating heart.

Poor Little Fool Killer (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 2 August 2023 18:20 (one year ago) link

Streetwalker looks awesome

fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Wednesday, 2 August 2023 18:46 (one year ago) link

Just want to say Azor was monumental, incredible movie

Tracer Hand, Thursday, 10 August 2023 20:12 (one year ago) link

^Pretty good. Also dovetailed with my recent rock nacional studies.

Tommy Gets His Consoles Out (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 10 August 2023 20:17 (one year ago) link

yeah it's brilliant, one of the best movies of recent times imo

vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Thursday, 10 August 2023 20:22 (one year ago) link

I assumed y’all watched the interview at the end.

Tommy Gets His Consoles Out (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 10 August 2023 20:35 (one year ago) link

My t0rr3nt didn't have one :(

There's something mystical about it, it locks you into this sickening dream

Tracer Hand, Thursday, 10 August 2023 22:54 (one year ago) link

One of the best endings in a long time too

Saxophone Of Futility (Michael B), Thursday, 10 August 2023 23:10 (one year ago) link

otm

The Original Human Breadbox (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 10 August 2023 23:30 (one year ago) link

it's sort of like The Third Man in its plot structure, but no snappy dialogue or safe characters and more like a mundane nightmare where you you sense there is a murky undercurrent of bad shit happening way scarier than the obvious ordinary everyday evil you see glimpses of and try to normalise.

vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Thursday, 10 August 2023 23:30 (one year ago) link

OTM. It's more than tyres and petrol, Old Man.

The Original Human Breadbox (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 10 August 2023 23:58 (one year ago) link

Indeed to all the above -- a remarkable and unsettling film.

Watched four of those five (so far) Mexican showcase films I posted about earlier -- all great in their own ways!

Ned Raggett, Friday, 11 August 2023 00:51 (one year ago) link

"Your father was right - fear makes you mediocre" is up there with coldest putdowns in the history of cinema

Tracer Hand, Friday, 11 August 2023 10:24 (one year ago) link

one month passes...

Is it just me or is MUBI not updating with a new movie everyday anymore?

Saxophone Of Futility (Michael B), Monday, 18 September 2023 19:21 (one year ago) link

yes, they sent a circular to me via email a couple weeks ago suggesting there wouldn't be a daily movie anymore. not sure if that's impacted the number of overall films added, I've not really been super active on it recently

yo la dieng-o (fionnland), Monday, 18 September 2023 19:56 (one year ago) link

just came to ask about that. I really preferred the old structure - gave you a reason to check in every day plus provided some impetus to watch things which were due to drop off (and presumably helped them license some films - on a short term basis - they may otherwise struggle to.)

LaMDA barry-stanners (||||||||), Sunday, 1 October 2023 07:39 (one year ago) link

two months pass...

THE SWEET EAST is intense.

Blecch’s POLLero (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 7 December 2023 06:34 (one year ago) link

two months pass...

Had a snafu with MUBI GO last week but this week it seems to have worked fine mostly, although they QR reading is broken so they have to type in the code manually.

The Ginger Bakersfield Sound (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 12 February 2024 20:31 (nine months ago) link

Anyway, saw THE PROMISED LAND/BASTARDEN at the Angelika yesterday and it lived up to its billing.

The Ginger Bakersfield Sound (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 13 February 2024 12:47 (nine months ago) link

two weeks pass...

i really enjoyed Topology of Sirens - kind of Reichardt-y (very similar color palette and pace to Showing Up, but without the emotional core or character development), lots of experimental music (Sarah Davachi and Matchess act and perform in the movie), sometimes has the vibes of those videos where people play their expensive synthesizers in a very curated room with lots of plants, but it's also a mystery.

na (NA), Thursday, 29 February 2024 16:42 (nine months ago) link

some of that reads like a backhanded compliment but it really was a pleasant way to spend an hour and a half - it looks really nice and has good music and sounds

na (NA), Thursday, 29 February 2024 16:43 (nine months ago) link

one month passes...

Lol!

Make Me Smile (Come Around and See Me) (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 1 April 2024 17:43 (eight months ago) link

one month passes...

About to watch it.

the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 7 May 2024 16:41 (seven months ago) link

I quite loved it (and hated it simultaneously)

Rich E. (Eric H.), Tuesday, 7 May 2024 16:45 (seven months ago) link

Because it never got even a cursory release here, I'm going to count it as a 2024 film (the NYT didn't review it until March).

the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 7 May 2024 16:49 (seven months ago) link

The final extended sequence is ok - but overall this film really tested the limits of my patience, and I could never sit through it again.

Bob Six, Tuesday, 7 May 2024 17:04 (seven months ago) link

Oh, it's definitely a "great, wonderful, timely, important, masterpiece" movie I won't ever see again, probably

Rich E. (Eric H.), Tuesday, 7 May 2024 17:30 (seven months ago) link

Poor little flower.

the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 7 May 2024 17:33 (seven months ago) link

Everything but the hounds nipping at moviegoers' rear end

Rich E. (Eric H.), Tuesday, 7 May 2024 17:48 (seven months ago) link

three months pass...

70% off for 6 months deal going on right now, in the UK at least

Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Friday, 9 August 2024 22:11 (three months ago) link

have done it. I only use them during their deals or when they offer it half price when I'm cancelling subscription. The thing I like about Mubi is that you can actually cancel anytime, without any fucking about.

vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Friday, 9 August 2024 22:30 (three months ago) link

Alfred left us hanging from May awaiting a review of "Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World".

Bob Six, Friday, 9 August 2024 22:30 (three months ago) link

Lol

Thrapple from the Apple (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 10 August 2024 00:23 (three months ago) link

I need to rewatch sometime

Thrapple from the Apple (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 10 August 2024 00:24 (three months ago) link

Or watch a few more of his

Thrapple from the Apple (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 10 August 2024 00:24 (three months ago) link

one month passes...

Try THE SUBSTANCE.

The Clones of Dr. Slop (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 22 September 2024 00:49 (two months ago) link

I just came back from seeing it. Blimey. It was so fun to overhear people chatting ad they came out the cinema, it was like they'd been on a rollercoaster rather than seeing a film. Should it have its own thread?

Sade of the Del Amitri (dog latin), Sunday, 22 September 2024 00:58 (two months ago) link

i just watched Revenge which i posted about on my expert movie thread. wl def strm Th Sub wn it strms.

scott seward, Sunday, 22 September 2024 01:09 (two months ago) link

THE SUBSTANCE rocks

Saxophone Of Futility (Michael B), Sunday, 22 September 2024 04:00 (two months ago) link


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