The MUBI Podcast is an audio documentary series about great cinema–how it happens and how it brings people together. Each season, host... more
The first BABE was a family-friendly megahit. So for the sequel, why did director George Miller thrust his sweet porcine... more
In the mid-’70s, legendary director William Friedkin — fresh off THE EXORCIST — helicoptered into South America with tens of... more
Director Kyle Edward Ball had a nightmare as a child: "I was in my parents’ house, my parents were missing,... more
Few films have garnered the rabid, cult following over the years is a sight to behold. Giant cats. Talking houses.... more
The most famous haunted house in America is a large Dutch Colonial family home that became a bestseller, super-successful horror... more
After a bad experience in Hollywood, Guillermo del Toro had lost his spark. He got it back with a story... more
Before POLTERGEIST, haunted house movies took place in old, creepy mansions. Regular host Rico Gagliano visits the original suburban house... more
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
Oscar-winning actor/producer Riz Ahmed (SOUND OF METAL) and acclaimed UK director Yann Mounir Demange (’71, TOP BOY) tell host Rico... 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
Legendary filmmaker Wim Wenders returns to the show to tell host Rico Gagliano about his Cannes-winning, Oscar-nominated PERFECT DAYS—the story... more
Superstar fashion designer John Galliano wrecked his career when he was caught on video in a drunken, antisemitic rant circa... more
In a wide-ranging interview, Sofia Coppola tells host Rico Gagliano all about the making of her new Priscilla Presley biopic—from... more
There’s maybe no working filmmaker more associated with film fashion than Sofia Coppola. But in this brief history of her... more
Spike Lee’s masterwork DO THE RIGHT THING is an incendiary look at racial tension, an empathetic portrait of a community...and... more
In 1979, at the tail end of the punk era, Franc Roddam’s QUADROPHENIA helped convince a certain crew of UK... more
In 1959, a brash critic-turned-filmmaker named Jean-Luc Godard cast movie star Jean Seberg in his first film, BREATHLESS. You probably... more
The Cannes-winning HOW TO HAVE SEX tracks a trio of UK women on a non-stop clubbing holiday...that goes disturbingly off... more
As the “Hot Labor Summer” of union strikes rolls into autumn, legendary British director Ken Loach sits down with host... more
Sundance favorite Sebastián Silva tells host Rico Gagliano about his self-described "misanthropic comedy" ROTTING IN THE SUN—the satirical story of... more
"Let's just say I wanted to make a liberated film. I felt like...am I allowed to say 'f*** it?' Like,... more
Oscar-nominated Hungarian filmmaker Ildiko Enyedi is celebrated for her bold, unclassifiable features (like the Cannes-winning sci-fi MY 20TH CENTURY). ... more
At Cannes, celebrated Portuguese directing duo Filipa Reis and Joao Miller Guerra debuted LEGUA — a movie about a housekeeper... more
Filmmaker Joanna Arnow’s shorts and docs are funny, fearless looks at people at their most excruciatingly vulnerable — especially herself.... more
Belgian rapper-turned-auteur Baloji was born in the Democratic Republic of Congo — where for some, his name literally means... more
In their sophomore feature BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD BLACKBERRY, Georgian-born filmmaker Elene Naveriani tells the story of a middle-aged virgin in a... more
L.A. filmmaker Weston Razooli’s debut feature RIDDLE OF FIRE is like if THE GOONIES were directed by Francois Truffaut —... more
Quebecois actor and director Monia Chokri is a Cannes regular — who in her films, regularly returns to her favorite... more
In 2019, Brazil's Kleber Mendonça Filho won the Jury Prize at Cannes with his co-directed movie BACURAU. This year... more
To kick off our mini-season of conversations taped on location at the 2023 Cannes film festival, host Rico Gagliano meets... more
We wrap up our season on great needle drops with an interview mixtape. Host Rico Gagliano talks to three legendary... more
In his gritty ’55 flick BLACKBOARD JUNGLE, director Richard Brooks introduced a wide audience to Sidney Poitier, the harsh world... more
Shot on a shoestring in six wild weeks, CHUNGKING EXPRESS is the movie that put legendary Hong Kong filmmaker Wong... more
In his Oscar-nominated CLOSE, filmmaker Lukas Dhont uses the sparest dialogue, the gentlest music, and the most pastoral of images...to... more
In 1972, director Perry Henzell set a gritty crime thriller in Jamaica's exploding, politically charged music scene, and came up... more
In 2001, writer/director Richard Kelly's genre-busting rookie feature DONNIE DARKO crashed and burned at the box office. But it almost... more
In 1968, Stanley Kubrick’s sci-fi epic 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY pushed movies light years into the future. It pioneered the... more
The multiple-Oscar-nominated psychodrama TÁR is the story of a compulsive, privileged leader who abuses her power. In this special episode... more
Charlotte Wells's wildly acclaimed feature-length debut AFTERSUN follows a father and daughter on a vacation where much is implied but... more
In 1972, a lush pop ballad called "The Mist" swirled out of radios all over South Korea. Fifty years later,... more
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