This week’s MUBI update features a great number of prize winners and nominees, ranging from the Academy Awards to prestigious film festivals — with some fascinating filmmakers thrown in between.
Far from Heaven (Todd Haynes, USA)
Before Todd Haynes put Kate Winslet in the 1930s (Mildred Pierce) he recreated the 1950s for Julianne Moore (with whom he’d already worked on the mid-90s classic, Safe) in this Oscar-nominated melodrama of lush colors, repressed emotions and sinisterly conservative social mores. The result is one of the most beautiful and intelligent films of the decade.
Available in: Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden
Dear Diary (Nanni Moretti, Italy)
Nanni Moretti won a directing award in Cannes for this serendipitous, documentary-style comedy “about the various anxieties, observations and obsessions of [the] Italian writer/director… [who] suggests a bearded, Mediterranean Woody Allen” (Washington Post).
Available in: United Kingdom, Portugal
A Screaming Man (Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, Belgium)
In this Cannes prize-winner a father in Chad is demoted at his job while he struggles to keep his son out of the military draft. “The way to the movie’s soul, its antiwar and anti-globalization sentiment, is through its characters’ eyes, haunted by a sense of defenselessness and confusion” (Slant).
Available in: Germany
The Big One (Michael Moore, USA)
Michael Moore’s documentary selected by the Toronto and Berlin film festivals about his road tour to promote his book on downsizing is “the rare mainstream American film about real issues… [and] nicely balances serious advocacy with playful stunts” (NY Times).
Available in: France
Edmond (Stuart Gordon, USA)
From the unusual combo of director Stuart Gordon (Re-Animator) and writer David Mamet comes this film that “works as a tough, flavorful dark night of the soul, as a middle-aged drone [William H. Macy] finally has his moment of clarity, which looks a lot like madness” (A.V. Club).
Available in: Italy, Switzerland
9 CommentsAdd Yours
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Posted on 23 February, 2012 at 1:40 pm by swahilikongen
mubi sucks, just drop it its a waste of money.
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Posted on 23 February, 2012 at 2:00 pm by gypsiee
that depends entirely on what type of movies you like, for me it doesn’t suck at all
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Posted on 23 February, 2012 at 2:09 pm by Carnivius_Prime
@swahilikongen just cos you have no use for it doesn’t mean it should be dropped. There’s plenty of us who do like it and how it brings quality films that are pretty hard to find or haven’t been heard of by the majority of people and therefore can achieve greater exposure. I don’t enjoy certain game series but I don’t suggest the games companies involved just end them because I don’t like them myself.
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Posted on 23 February, 2012 at 2:09 pm by p-p-j
Does somebody see my comments?
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Posted on 23 February, 2012 at 3:29 pm by TheKillerSnowman
don´t like mubi. just make all movies free to see. i don´t see b-movies.
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Posted on 23 February, 2012 at 4:31 pm by residentSteve
God these movies look rubbish I like films with explosions and death in them these film look has boring has home.
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Posted on 23 February, 2012 at 7:22 pm by fauxtronic
Whether the films look good or bad is entirely subjective. They look great to me. The pricing strategy for MUBI just seems poorly thought out. I’ve lost count of the number of films that have caught my eye but I didn’t watch because £2.39 seemed overpriced. And I’m not paying for yet another monthly subscription when I already subscribe to LoveFilm and Netflix on my PS3. There are only so many free hours a day, and only so many rolling subscriptions I can afford a month.
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Posted on 23 February, 2012 at 9:07 pm by Skookie30
Hi danny I’m here to say have you fix clockwork orange and other i want proper manga eg: legend of the overfiend & legend of the demon-womb & others firetripper & laughing target.
Thanks
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Posted on 24 February, 2012 at 4:52 pm by OttoT
I love a lot of movies I see in the menu.
Unfortunately non of them are watcheble in my country, so I stopped using the app.
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