Tag: Mubi
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Harvest: The Land Was Never Ours
Athina Rachel Tsangari’s Harvest is a film of slow erosion, where the soil of a village is not merely tilled but stripped of its memory. Adapted from Jim Crace’s novel, the story unfolds in a remote Scottish hamlet, its medieval rhythms disrupted not by monsters but by the quiet arrival of enclosure, surveillance, and suspicion.…
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Toxic: The Weight of their Walk
In Toxic, director Saule Bliuvaite opens the door to a world where beauty bruises deeper than fists. Her debut feature moves through a bruised Lithuanian town with eyes fixed on a modeling school that teaches self-erasure more than poise. The academy is no ladder out, only a mirror that asks girls to vanish from within.…
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Invention: Invention as Inheritance
Courtney Stephens’ Invention moves like smoke curling through rooms of memory: elusive, personal, and strangely ceremonial. It’s less a film than a kind of séance with the archive, gathering fragments of familial detritus—audio reels, feverish patent diagrams, domestic footage—and stitching them into a visual elegy that resists conventional closure. As a narrative, it flirts with…
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Notice to Quit: Screaming Through the Crosswalks
Simon Hacker’s Notice to Quit opens not with fanfare, but with a bruised bagel of a city—hot, damaged, and strangely irresistible. It’s a New York movie steeped in kinetic resignation, where desperation masquerades as momentum and emotional evasion is just part of the morning commute. Michael Zegen stars as Andy Singer, a man composed entirely…
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Grand Tour: A Cinematic Odyssey Through Time and Emotion
Miguel Gomes‘ *Grand Tour* unfolds like a whimsical fever dream, blending screwball comedy with a sprinkle of mystery—and remarkably, everything falls into place. Set in 1918, against the backdrop of British colonial rule in Rangoon, the film introduces us to Edward, a melancholic civil servant expertly portrayed by Gonçalo Waddington. On what should be one…
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La Cocina: A Fever Dream of Heat, Hunger, and the Ghosts of the American Dream
There is a rhythm to a kitchen, a pulse that beats beneath the clang of metal, the hiss of steam, and the barked orders that slice through the air like knives. Alonso Ruizpalacios’ *La Cocina* captures this rhythm with feverish intensity, weaving a tale of sweat-soaked survival in the heart of Times Square, where immigrant…
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A Traveler’s Needs – A Meditative Journey through Subtle Dialogues
Hong Sang-soo’s *The Traveler’s Needs* is a reflective and intimate portrayal of human interactions in the quiet corners of Seoul. From the beginning, the film establishes its unconventional narrative, focused on Iris—a mysterious Frenchwoman, portrayed by the incomparable Isabelle Huppert—who finds herself adrift in a city where routine and chance encounters shape the fabric of…
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Bring Them Down:A Bleak Symphony of Sorrow
Streaming now on MUBI, Chris Andrews’ *Bring Them Down* is a stark and haunting exploration of grief, guilt, and the corrosive forces of revenge. Anchored by a profoundly nuanced performance from Christopher Abbott as Michael O’Shea and an unsettling turn by Barry Keoghan as Jack, the film navigates rural Ireland’s unforgiving emotional and physical terrain…
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This Closeness: Fighting Through the Scrim of Life
MOVIE INFO: Tensions rise when a couple stays at the home of a reclusive host, with the three entering an intimate battle to gain and regain territory. REVIEW: I was expecting This Closeness, a film about a couple who rent an Airbnb apartment they have to share with the current shy and nerdy tenant for…
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Gasoline Rainbow: A Gen Z Road Movie
MOVIE INFO: Celebrated directorial duo the Ross Brothers (Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets and Contemporary Color) turn their pioneering hybrid approach to the cinematic road trip with GASOLINE RAINBOW. Undoubtedly candid yet deeply loving, this is an expansive portrait of the new generation as told in their own words. With high school in the rearview, five…
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Blackbird, Blackbird, BlackBerry: Finding A Desperate Love in Middle Age Loneliness
MOVIE INFO: Etero, a 48-year-old woman living in a small village in Georgia, has chosen to remain unmarried. She cherishes her freedom, as much as her cakes. Her choice to live alone is often the cause of gossip among her fellow villagers. Unexpectedly, she finds herself falling into a passion with a man and is…