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

http://mubi.com/home

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.

Some really good, surprising stuff on there imo

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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

@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.

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

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

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

the notebook is very handy

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

oh yeah the nossiter thing is about french wine?

gomes is a portugese guy, im betting

the other one, idk... albert serra?

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

they are showing new argentinian stuff gratis this week

Honor Of The Knights is Albert Serra. Enjoy!

Anyone who uses this, how is it going?

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

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

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

Watched Vampyr this afternoon. It was excellent.

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

I'm not twisting yr arm or anything,

http://mubi.com/cast_members/140297

Done!

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

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

Looking forward to watching the two Philippe Garrels.

Wish they had a mute button for the silents.

resident evil!

i am sort of onboard with this site now

I have a free months I think?

I need to make more time for these things

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.

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?

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

I'm too tipsy to concentrate tho

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

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.

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

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.

Streetwalker looks awesome

Just want to say Azor was monumental, incredible movie

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

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

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

My t0rr3nt didn't have one :(

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

One of the best endings in a long time too

otm

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.

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

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!

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

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

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

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.)

THE SWEET EAST is intense.

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.

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

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.

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

https://mubi.com/en/notebook/posts/an-enfant-terrible-in-terrible-times-radu-jude-discusses-do-not-expect-too-much-from-the-end-of-the-world

Lol!

About to watch it.

I quite loved it (and hated it simultaneously)

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

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

Poor little flower.

Everything but the hounds nipping at moviegoers' rear end

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

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.

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

Lol

I need to rewatch sometime

Or watch a few more of his

Try THE SUBSTANCE.

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?

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

THE SUBSTANCE rocks

I hated The Substance. as subtle as a hammer to the jaw— i don’t appreciate films that drive their “lessons” home and treat the audience like a bunch of middle schoolers. awful film.

I watched Gasoline Rainbow last night, and it was incredible— a lovely film
about growing up, friendship, and being different.

'Moving' by Shinji Sōmai is a must-see, if it's on your local MUBI site. Saw it yesterday, amazing mix of children's story about parents getting divorced, and something much darker and more mysterious. With a camera that seems much inspired by Mizoguchi, but much more playful and warm. The last sequence during the credits is especially unique.

Unsubscribed after seeing the Sequoia capital investment stuff.

https://www.vulture.com/article/mubi-art-house-movies-streamer-distributor.html

Anyone every posted a link to this site? I found it in an older bookmarks folder--amazed to see it's still around. The few things I clicked on are still up and running.

https://www.ubu.com/film/

You could easily spend all year there, starting with the entirety of Chelsea Girls.

there have been a few threads about this site over the years, if you search “ubuweb” you can find some. it does remain up!! still a great resource

One thing I was hoping they'd have and don't is Andrew Noren's Kodak Ghost Poems, which gets prominent mention in J. Hoberman's book about New York art in the '60s. But I'm amazed at what is on there.

I definitely shouldn't have read the comments on that Vulture article.

This series is pretty great: https://mubi.com/en/dk/collections/asian-avant-garde
(Don't know if it's in every country)

Basically everything I've seen there is great, and I can't wait to see the rest. Saw a Vinothraj at Berlin a few years back, made me seek out Pebbles as well, he is one of the best new Indian underground directors recently, and they aren't always easy to watch.

https://www.vulture.com/article/mubi-art-house-movies-streamer-distributor.html

― 龜, Friday, 2 January 2026

Thanks, excellent piece

"Anyone every posted a link to this site? I found it in an older bookmarks folder--amazed to see it's still around. The few things I clicked on are still up and running."

It nearly stopped running last year but thankfully it's still around. I watched a lot of abstract, experimental film on it. Valuable resource though you can probably see a lot of the content on YT now.