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MUBI Podcast
MUBI Podcast
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The MUBI Podcast is an audio documentary series about great cinema–how it happens and how it brings people together. Each season, host... more

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Episodes

BABE: PIG IN THE CITY — George Miller makes one for the grownups

The first BABE was a family-friendly megahit. So for the sequel, why did director George Miller thrust his sweet porcine... more

21 Nov 2024 · 35 minutes
SORCERER — William Friedkin’s heart of darkness

In the mid-’70s, legendary director William Friedkin — fresh off THE EXORCIST — helicoptered into South America with tens of... more

14 Nov 2024 · 41 minutes
SKINAMARINK — The Internet’s own haunted house

Director Kyle Edward Ball had a nightmare as a child: "I was in my parents’ house, my parents were missing,... more

31 Oct 2024 · 40 minutes
HOUSE — The Japanese psychedelic masterpiece

Few films have garnered the rabid, cult following over the years is a sight to behold. Giant cats. Talking houses.... more

24 Oct 2024 · 27 minutes
THE AMITYVILLE HORROR — America’s most haunted home

The most famous haunted house in America is a large Dutch Colonial family home that became a bestseller, super-successful horror... more

17 Oct 2024 · 32 minutes
THE DEVIL’S BACKBONE — Guillermo del Toro’s creative resurrection

After a bad experience in Hollywood, Guillermo del Toro had lost his spark. He got it back with a story... more

10 Oct 2024 · 27 minutes
POLTERGEIST — The first suburban haunted house

Before POLTERGEIST, haunted house movies took place in old, creepy mansions. Regular host Rico Gagliano visits the original suburban house... more

03 Oct 2024 · 47 minutes
THE SUBSTANCE — Coralie Fargeat rips beauty standards to gory shreds

Writer/Director Coralie Fargeat's Cannes-winning body-horror blitz THE SUBSTANCE features Demi Moore as an aging star who turns to a mystery... more

19 Sep 2024 · 23 minutes
Riz Ahmed channels Yann Mounir Demange in DAMMI

Oscar-winning actor/producer Riz Ahmed (SOUND OF METAL) and acclaimed UK director Yann Mounir Demange (’71, TOP BOY) tell host Rico... more

18 Jul 2024 · 20 minutes
The Flipsides of Cannes — Featuring Wim Wenders and more

With Cannes 2024 underway, host Rico Gagliano takes a tour of the less-known corners of the legendary film festival—avoiding red-carpet... more

16 May 2024 · 25 minutes
PERFECT DAYS — Wim Wenders cures his post-pandemic blues

Legendary filmmaker Wim Wenders returns to the show to tell host Rico Gagliano about his Cannes-winning, Oscar-nominated PERFECT DAYS—the story... more

11 Apr 2024 · 25 minutes
HIGH & LOW - JOHN GALLIANO — Kevin Macdonald tackles fashion and forgiveness

Superstar fashion designer John Galliano wrecked his career when he was caught on video in a drunken, antisemitic rant circa... more

07 Mar 2024 · 26 minutes
Sofia Coppola — PRISCILLA, from source to soundtrack

In a wide-ranging interview, Sofia Coppola tells host Rico Gagliano all about the making of her new Priscilla Presley biopic—from... more

29 Feb 2024 · 22 minutes
Sofia Coppola — from VIRGIN SUICIDES to PRISCILLA

There’s maybe no working filmmaker more associated with film fashion than Sofia Coppola. But in this brief history of her... more

22 Feb 2024 · 29 minutes
DO THE RIGHT THING — Spike Lee and Ruth E. Carter find color in the dark

Spike Lee’s masterwork DO THE RIGHT THING is an incendiary look at racial tension, an empathetic portrait of a community...and... more

08 Feb 2024 · 33 minutes
QUADROPHENIA — The mod, mod world of ’64, ’79 and beyond

In 1979, at the tail end of the punk era, Franc Roddam’s QUADROPHENIA helped convince a certain crew of UK... more

01 Feb 2024 · 45 minutes
BREATHLESS — Jean Seberg & Jean-Luc Godard dress down film and fashion

In 1959, a brash critic-turned-filmmaker named Jean-Luc Godard cast movie star Jean Seberg in his first film, BREATHLESS. You probably... more

25 Jan 2024 · 32 minutes
HOW TO HAVE SEX — Molly Manning Walker just wants to talk

The Cannes-winning HOW TO HAVE SEX tracks a trio of UK women on a non-stop clubbing holiday...that goes disturbingly off... more

28 Dec 2023 · 19 minutes
Ken Loach Calls for Solidarity in THE OLD OAK

As the “Hot Labor Summer” of union strikes rolls into autumn, legendary British director Ken Loach sits down with host... more

28 Sep 2023 · 22 minutes
Sebastián Silva on ROTTING IN THE SUN — "Everyone and everything in it *will* get trashed"

Sundance favorite Sebastián Silva tells host Rico Gagliano about his self-described "misanthropic comedy" ROTTING IN THE SUN—the satirical story of... more

14 Sep 2023 · 22 minutes
PASSAGES — Ira Sachs's "endless circle of desire"

"Let's just say I wanted to make a liberated film. I felt like...am I allowed to say 'f*** it?' Like,... more

03 Aug 2023 · 22 minutes
Cannes Conversations — Ildiko Enyedi on short cinema

Oscar-nominated Hungarian filmmaker Ildiko Enyedi is celebrated for her bold, unclassifiable features (like the Cannes-winning sci-fi MY 20TH CENTURY). ... more

06 Jul 2023 · 11 minutes
Cannes Conversations — Filipa Reis on privilege and empowerment

At Cannes, celebrated Portuguese directing duo Filipa Reis and Joao Miller Guerra debuted LEGUA — a movie about a housekeeper... more

04 Jul 2023 · 16 minutes
Cannes Conversations — Joanna Arnow watches (wryly) from a distance

Filmmaker Joanna Arnow’s shorts and docs are funny, fearless looks at people at their most excruciatingly vulnerable — especially herself.... more

29 Jun 2023 · 12 minutes
Cannes Conversations — With OMEN, Baloji clears his name

Belgian rapper-turned-auteur Baloji was born in the Democratic Republic of Congo — where for some, his name literally means... more

27 Jun 2023 · 16 minutes
Cannes Conversations — Elene Naveriani on their stealth punk heroine

In their sophomore feature BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD BLACKBERRY, Georgian-born filmmaker Elene Naveriani tells the story of a middle-aged virgin in a... more

22 Jun 2023 · 16 minutes
Cannes Conversations — Weston Razooli lets his kids go wild

L.A. filmmaker Weston Razooli’s debut feature RIDDLE OF FIRE is like if THE GOONIES were directed by Francois Truffaut —... more

20 Jun 2023 · 13 minutes
Cannes Conversations — Monia Chokri on THE NATURE OF LOVE

Quebecois actor and director Monia Chokri is a Cannes regular — who in her films, regularly returns to her favorite... more

15 Jun 2023 · 10 minutes
Cannes Conversations — Kleber Mendonça Filho watches movie palaces disappear

In 2019, Brazil's Kleber Mendonça Filho won the Jury Prize at Cannes with his co-directed movie BACURAU. This year... more

13 Jun 2023 · 19 minutes
Cannes Conversations — Wim Wenders on ANSELM

To kick off our mini-season of conversations taped on location at the 2023 Cannes film festival, host Rico Gagliano meets... more

08 Jun 2023 · 12 minutes
FERRIS BUELLER to WOLF OF WALL STREET — Cinema's top music supervisors break down their greatest hits

We wrap up our season on great needle drops with an interview mixtape. Host Rico Gagliano talks to three legendary... more

11 May 2023 · 43 minutes
BLACKBOARD JUNGLE — Hollywood's first rumble with rock ‘n’ roll

In his gritty ’55 flick BLACKBOARD JUNGLE, director Richard Brooks introduced a wide audience to Sidney Poitier, the harsh world... more

04 May 2023 · 33 minutes
CHUNGKING EXPRESS — Wong Kar Wai puts "Dreams" on the menu

Shot on a shoestring in six wild weeks, CHUNGKING EXPRESS is the movie that put legendary Hong Kong filmmaker Wong... more

27 Apr 2023 · 34 minutes
CLOSE — Lukas Dhont's Quietly Powerful Coming-of-Age Movie

In his Oscar-nominated CLOSE, filmmaker Lukas Dhont uses the sparest dialogue, the gentlest music, and the most pastoral of images...to... more

20 Apr 2023 · 18 minutes
THE HARDER THEY COME — Reggae catches fire on film

In 1972, director Perry Henzell set a gritty crime thriller in Jamaica's exploding, politically charged music scene, and came up... more

13 Apr 2023 · 40 minutes
DONNIE DARKO — Richard Kelly makes the ultimate ‘80s mixtape

In 2001, writer/director Richard Kelly's genre-busting rookie feature DONNIE DARKO crashed and burned at the box office. But it almost... more

06 Apr 2023 · 43 minutes
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY — Stanley Kubrick finds heavenly music on vinyl

In 1968, Stanley Kubrick’s sci-fi epic 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY pushed movies light years into the future. It pioneered the... more

30 Mar 2023 · 42 minutes
With TÁR, Todd Field makes a power play

The multiple-Oscar-nominated psychodrama TÁR is the story of a compulsive, privileged leader who abuses her power. In this special episode... more

01 Feb 2023 · 21 minutes
In AFTERSUN, Charlotte Wells lets Queen and Bowie tell the story

Charlotte Wells's wildly acclaimed feature-length debut AFTERSUN follows a father and daughter on a vacation where much is implied but... more

05 Jan 2023 · 25 minutes
Park Chan-wook finds DECISION TO LEAVE in “The Mist”

In 1972, a lush pop ballad called "The Mist" swirled out of radios all over South Korea. Fifty years later,... more

08 Dec 2022 · 20 minutes
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In 1968, Stanley Kubrick’s sci-fi epic 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY pushed movies light years into the future. It pioneered the use of... more