The weather might be slowly settling into something cool or even hot, MUBI are programming your Spring essential viewing. In May the line up at the streaming channel will be ‘without rules’ and be for ‘One Day’.
The month rules won’t apply with a selection of short films from Romanian filmmaker Radu Jude. Films that are set over one day plus fiction and reality from The Ross Brothers.
MUBI RELEASE: GASOLINE RAINBOW
Celebrated directorial duo the Ross Brothers take their pioneering blend of fiction and reality to the realm of the cinematic road trip with Gasoline Rainbow (2023). Fresh off its World Premiere at this year’s SXSW, MUBI will exclusively present this undoubtedly candid yet deeply loving expansive portrait of the new generation as told in their own words. With high school in the rearview, five teenagers from inland Oregon embark on one last adventure. Piling into a van with a busted tail light and no money, their mission takes them to places they’ve never been, hundreds of miles away.
Through desert wilderness, industrial backwaters, and city streets, they connect with outsiders on the fringes and discover their lives will be determined by the trails they blaze themselves. Gasoline Rainbow depicts a wild and true coming-of-age; with a beating heart and an irrepressible spirit, this rhapsodic look at today’s American West reminds us of the timeless joys of community and the eccentric individuals who contribute to it.
Gasoline Rainbow (Ross Brothers, 2023) – 31st May
RULES DON’T APPLY: SHORTS BY RADU JUDE
Lively Romanian maverick Radu Jude will finally have his underseen and rare shorts readily available to watch as MUBI is proud to announce the arrival of Rules Don’t Apply: Shorts by Radu Jude to the platform, a collection of Radu’s short films from his humble beginnings as a TV show director to the festival favourite he is today. From The Tube with a Hat (2007) to The Potemkinists (2022), his sardonic wit and deadpan hilarity reveal him to be one of European cinema’s most important social commentators since the inception of his career.
The Tube with a Hat (Jude, 2007) – 10th May
Shadow of a Cloud (Jude, 2013) – 10th May
The Marshal’s Two Executions (Jude, 2018) – 10th May
Caricaturana (Jude, 2021) – 10th May
Plastic Semiotic (Jude, 2021) – 10th May
The Potemkinists (Jude, 2022) – Now Streaming
VOILÀ VARDA
The beloved icon of the French New Wave is celebrated through this retrospective which follows the trajectory of her exuberant career. Known for her playfulness, joie de vivre, and fondness for outsiders, Agnès Varda was already an established filmmaker by the time the French New Wave was at the peak of its popularity, and with Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962) she delivers a feminist perspective to the male-dominated French industry with her intimate portrayal of a woman strolling Paris for two hours while waiting for worrying medical news.
Towards the millennium, Varda shifted her focus to feature-length documentaries: The Gleaners and I (2000) is a dedicatory account of the misrepresented gleaners of France, from gatherers, recyclers, and treasure hunters, whereas in The Beaches of Agnès (2008), she uses her own career to build a probing self-portrait, allowing for a poignant musing on work, love, and ageing.
Cléo from 5 to 7 (Varda, 1962) –3rd May
Le bonheur (Varda, 1965) – 3rd May
Vagabond (Varda, 1985) – 3rd May
The Gleaners and I (Varda, 2000) – 3rd May
The Beaches of Agnès (Varda, 2008) – 3rd May
Uncle Yanco (Varda, 1967) – Now Streaming
JUST FOR ONE DAY
Cinema in a day: Just For One Day is a collection of stories taking place over the course of 24 hours or less. Tom Ford’s debut A Single Man (2009) is a day in the life of a college professor, George (Colin Firth) as he attempts to navigate the grief of losing his long-term partner, while Sean Baker uses the compact time scale of a day in Tangerine (2015) to capture a chaotic rampage across Los Angeles that a transgender sex worker embarks upon after finding out her boyfriend and pimp is cheating on her. Aneil Karia’s Surge (2020) follows a similar rebellious odyssey, as Joseph (Ben Whishaw) storms across London in an attempt to free himself from his humdrum life. Other highlights include Joachim Trier’s acclaimed Oslo, August 31st and Emma Seligman’s electric debut Shiva Baby, among others.
A Single Man (Ford, 2009) – 10th May
Tangerine (Baker, 2015) –10th May
Surge (Karia, 2020) – 10th May
Cléo from 5 to 7 (Varda, 1962) – Now Streaming
Night of the Living Dead (Romero, 1968) – Now Streaming
Oslo, August 31st (Trier, 2011) – Now Streaming
Shiva Baby (Seligman, 2020) – Now Streaming
Yannick (Dupieux, 2023) – Now Streaming
PERSONAL SHOPPER
Oliver Assayas’s enigmatic Personal Shopper (2016) stars a sombre Kristen Stewart as Maureen, a mid-20s personal shopper for the rich and famous in Paris, a city she is preternaturally drawn to in hopes of making contact with her twin brother who died there. After receiving a series of anonymous text message instructions from what she suspects to be supernatural in origin, Maureen’s goals become even more complicated as the boundaries between reality, identity, work, and grief become blurred.
Personal Shopper (Assayas, 2016) – 3rd May
ME AND YOU AND EVERYONE WE KNOW
The eccentric world of Miranda July is on full display in her unorthodox comedy Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005). Christine (Miranda July), a poor artist who makes ends meet by moonlighting as a cab driver, meets a recently divorced shoe salesman and begins a romance with him. The romance proves to be awkward as the couple and the people around them struggle to make sense of their loneliness and inability to develop meaningful connections.
Me and You and Everyone We Know (July, 2005) – 17th May
Exclusive streaming premieres from the most prestigious international film festivals and rediscovered classics selected by MUBI’s curators
LEMON TREE
[Brief Encounters] Rachel Walden’s rip-roaring Lemon Tree (2023) takes a father and son road trip to sinister heights as the son becomes increasingly aware of his father’s wild disposition as the day transpires. Walden’s use of erratic cuts to convey the tumultuous relationship and the masterful mounting of tension shows her to be an exhilarating new talent to look out for.
Lemon Tree (Walden, 2023) – 14th May
RETURN TO REASON
[Rediscovered] In Return to Reason (1923), visual artist Man Ray brings his experimental photography to celluloid and the moving image, from sprinkling salt and pepper onto one piece of film strip or pins onto another, the film highlights the analogue wonder one can create with film without the use of contemporary computer technology.
Return to Reason (Ray, 1923) – 14th May
MUBI UK & IRELAND MAY 2024
03/05/2024 | Personal Shopper | Oliver Assayas | Festival Focus: Cannes Film Festival
03/05/2024 | Cléo from 5 to 7 | Agnès Varda | Voilà Varda
03/05/2024 | Vagabond | Agnès Varda | Voilà Varda
03/05/2024 | Le Bonheur | Agnès Varda | Voilà Varda
03/05/2024 | The Beaches of Agnès | Agnès Varda | Voilà Varda
03/05/2024 | The Gleaners and I | Agnès Varda | Voilà Varda
10/05/2024 | Surge | Aneil Karia | Just for One Day
10/05/2024 | Tangerine | Aneil Karia | Just for One Day
10/05/2024 | A Single Man | Aneil Karia | Just for One Day
10/05/2024 | The Tube with a Hat | Radu Jude | Rules Don’t Apply: Shorts by Radu Jude
10/05/2024 | Shadow of a Cloud | Radu Jude | Rules Don’t Apply: Shorts by Radu Jude
10/05/2024 | The Marshal’s Two Executions | Radu Jude | Rules Don’t Apply: Shorts by Radu Jude
10/05/2024 | Caricaturana | Radu Jude | Rules Don’t Apply: Shorts by Radu Jude
10/05/2024 | Plastic Semiotic | Radu Jude | Rules Don’t Apply: Shorts by Radu Jude
10/05/2024 | The Potemkinists | Radu Jude | Rules Don’t Apply: Shorts by Radu Jude
14/05/2024 | Lemon Tree | Rachel Walden | Brief Encounters
14/05/2024 | Return to Reason | Man Ray | Rediscovered
17/05/2024 | Me and You and Everyone We Know | Miranda July | Festival Focus: Cannes Film Festival
17/05/2024 | Padre Padrone | Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani | Festival Focus: Cannes Film Festival
24/05/2024 | The Delinquents | Rodrigo Moreno | MUBI Releases
31/05/2024 | Gasoline Rainbow | Bill Ross IV, Turner Ross | MUBI Releases
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