Mubi

[jazzo]

Thanks for checking, though

[therewillbeblus]

Reprise is an incredible discovery- arguably even more of a sharply-concocted and executed script than The Worst Person in the World. Its novelistic, sprawling Russian-doll narration, obsessively attaching to and venturing down shiny rabbit holes of incidental perceptions or rich, cavernous histories -only to jump back to the present scene or onto the soul of a new character- mimics My Sex Life... or How I Got Into an Argument's labile structure. Trier's more grounded intentions to the central dramas provide a sober purification, disrupting the messily ethereal ethos Desplechin cultivates over time in his own chaotic mind and heart.

Anyways, nothing is as good as the Desplechin, but this is a terrific depiction of growing through one's 20s. Trier uses unique circumstances to express universal ones, like most great stories in this medium. The eclectic tonality was primed here for the director's latest masterpiece, and it's woven into the fabric of this multicharacter slice-of-life without chapters to organize the psychological and social-emotional ailments, diamonds of personal significance amidst seemingly banal gestures, and evocations of the sublime- all including, but not limited to, the power in shared experiences, through art, transitional objects, and corporeally-gravitated fantasy. He even finds space to imbue surreal vehicles into certain moments with profound effectiveness, and without the budget he'd need to actualize these visual ideas in the future. An impressive first feature. I hope this set helps more people discover it.

[Finch]

MUBI's next UK BD scheduled for late June is The Five Devils (Amazon pre-order here) which, I think, got excellent reviews.

[Finch]

The Settlers and Perfect Days are getting UK BDs, with listings showing up on Amazon (those December 2024 dates have got to be placeholders).

[What A Disgrace]

Kaurismaki's latest film is also getting a Blu-ray release, due out in two weeks.

[Finch]

Yes, Fallen Leaves is getting a dual territory release but I don't know how many other titles that applies to.

[nicolas]

Yes, Fallen Leaves is getting a dual territory release but I don't know how many other titles that applies to.

Decision to Leave and Passages spring to mind. Priscilla will also get a MUBI BD & UHD in Germany alongside the UK.

[Aunt Peg]

Didn't know where else to put this but Quentin Dupieux's Yannick (2023) will start streaming on MUBI 5 April in some territories.

[ryannichols7]

Yes, Fallen Leaves is getting a dual territory release but I don't know how many other titles that applies to.

Decision to Leave and Passages spring to mind. Priscilla will also get a MUBI BD & UHD in Germany alongside the UK.

the first three mentioned are held by Mubi in the US as well, with Priscilla being A24 in the US and Perfect Days being NEON. I suspect the latter will be getting a Criterion release, given Criterion's relationship with Wenders, and how it's noticably absent from disc (despite the Oscar nomination)

[Zot!]

IFC lost the film to MUBI, so all the other IFC stuff is probably safe.

Is MUBI just a streaming-only graveyard? You can find LvT's The Kingdom at resellers, but MUBI removed it from their official shop. Of course Curzon is ably handling this in LvT's case but I expect we won't be seeing something similar stateside.

[dwk]

I've never visited MUBI's website, so I couldn't tell you what's up with them no longer selling The Kingsom, but as far as I know, they are still releasing discs. I cant imagine that they'd stick the LvT catalog on their service and not release them on Blu-ray or UHD.

[eerik]

IFC lost the film to MUBI, so all the other IFC stuff is probably safe.

Is MUBI just a streaming-only graveyard? You can find LvT's The Kingdom at resellers, but MUBI removed it from their official shop. Of course Curzon is ably handling this in LvT's case but I expect we won't be seeing something similar stateside.

UK release is still up on their shop. Perhaps they are preparing a US re-issue to go along with the other titles.

I checked The Wayback Machine, and the US listing was up until at least late April while it was listed as "Sold Out" since March.

[Matt]

I picked up Alex Ross Perry’s Pavements on UHD. Mubi distributed it theatrically and on their streaming site, but Utopia (distributed through Vinegar Syndrome/OCN) released the disc. Maybe MUBI will continue to go through Utopia for physical media? And maybe their previous releases will get reissued? I mean, one hopes. Pretty stupid to snap up rights to things and then release a disc that’s only available for a short time.

[Zot!]

IFC lost the film to MUBI, so all the other IFC stuff is probably safe.

Is MUBI just a streaming-only graveyard? You can find LvT's The Kingdom at resellers, but MUBI removed it from their official shop. Of course Curzon is ably handling this in LvT's case but I expect we won't be seeing something similar stateside.

UK release is still up on their shop. Perhaps they are preparing a US re-issue to go along with the other titles.

I checked The Wayback Machine, and the US listing was up until at least late April while it was listed as "Sold Out" since March.

Ah thanks for that sleuthing. MUBI seems to be a bit weird in terms of physical releases (their focus being streaming), and I think the Kingdom Trilogy was the only box set they've ever done, so hard to guess if they'll try to replicate Curzon's release...especially as they can't sell it in the UK. Pleasantly surprised that they made separate 24fps and 25fps versions of the Kingdom Trilogy for each market, so I would welcome further releases from them.

[eerik]

Ah thanks for that sleuthing. MUBI seems to be a bit weird in terms of physical releases (their focus being streaming), and I think the Kingdom Trilogy was the only box set they've ever done, so hard to guess if they'll try to replicate Curzon's release...especially as they can't sell it in the UK. Pleasantly surprised that they made separate 24fps and 25fps versions of the Kingdom Trilogy for each market, so I would welcome further releases from them.

MUBI discs can be a bit weird. From what I've read, their 4K discs of The Substance in the US, the UK and Germany are all different encodes, despite having the same content and language options in all three countries.

[Zot!]

Ah thanks for that sleuthing. MUBI seems to be a bit weird in terms of physical releases (their focus being streaming), and I think the Kingdom Trilogy was the only box set they've ever done, so hard to guess if they'll try to replicate Curzon's release...especially as they can't sell it in the UK. Pleasantly surprised that they made separate 24fps and 25fps versions of the Kingdom Trilogy for each market, so I would welcome further releases from them.

MUBI discs can be a bit weird. From what I've read, their 4K discs of The Substance in the US, the UK and Germany are all different encodes, despite having the same content and language options in all three countries.

That is indeed very weird.

[rrenault]

I thought Mubi's been canceled entirely as of two months ago. :-k

[Boosmahn]

I thought Mubi's been canceled entirely as of two months ago. :-k

I had no idea what you were referring to… looked it up, and I assume you mean the venture capital controversy?

I'm surprised that hadn't been referred to here (not in this thread, but elsewhere in the forum) until now.

[rrenault]

I thought Mubi's been canceled entirely as of two months ago. :-k

I had no idea what you were referring to… looked it up, and I assume you mean the venture capital controversy?

I'm surprised that hadn't been referred to here (not in this thread, but elsewhere in the forum) until now.

Yeah. Same here.

[nicolas]

I thought Mubi's been canceled entirely as of two months ago. :-k

By whom? They’re firing on all cylinders acquisition-wise and filmmakers, sales agents etc. are clearly willing wo work with them.

[pianocrash]

I picked up Alex Ross Perry’s Pavements on UHD. Mubi distributed it theatrically and on their streaming site, but Utopia (distributed through Vinegar Syndrome/OCN) released the disc. Maybe MUBI will continue to go through Utopia for physical media? And maybe their previous releases will get reissued? I mean, one hopes. Pretty stupid to snap up rights to things and then release a disc that’s only available for a short time.

It might feel like a step down for Mubi to go that direction (though it makes better sense as a consumer), but I also think Mubi is aligned with the physical media as trinkets mindset that A24 is less famous for these days. It took them a good amount of time to feel that market out, but I'm not sure if Mubi sees that light.

As for Utopia, Pavements was released locally on a one-night-only Thursday night single showing a few months back (AMC Theaters), but never stuck around afterward. College towns were probably exempt (as well as other runs at smaller non-corporate chains), but I suppose that's the market these days. From an ethical standpoint, I totally understand Coppola's roadshow dynamic, but it can only go so far for so long. Granted, I would buy a ticket to see Megalopolis at the biggest place possible near me (1,800 seats, last I checked) that wasn't a corporate entity but not strictly a theater, so maybe, one day?

I thought Mubi's been canceled entirely as of two months ago. :-k

By whom?

I was curious as to what was going on with Mubi when a negative review of The Code was muted from my letterboxd timeline a few days after it was posted, and I can only surmise that was the gist of it (also happened to other pro-Palestine comments on other films, like Bee Movie, Wonder Woman 1984, etc.).

[mhofmann]

I thought Mubi's been canceled entirely as of two months ago. :-k

By whom? They’re firing on all cylinders acquisition-wise and filmmakers, sales agents etc. are clearly willing wo work with them.

Agree.
I had to look up what this supposed controversy is about... the answer is absolutely nothing. Seems like business as usual and clearly has nothing to do with MUBI or anything they could even be remotely made responsible for.

[Walter Kurtz]

I thought Mubi's been canceled entirely as of two months ago. :-k

I'm an old school liberal and this... this... this cancel culture has gone too damn far!

[Boosmahn]

By whom? They’re firing on all cylinders acquisition-wise and filmmakers, sales agents etc. are clearly willing wo work with them.

Mostly, but the Valdivia Film Festival reused to exhibit films managed by MUBI for the Sequoia connection. Even if it's not a huge festival, it's not one I would call tiny, either.

MUBI accepted funding from a group that supports an Israeli "defense" startup. I get why people are upset with them, and their spineless response didn't help their case much.

[nicolas]

By whom? They’re firing on all cylinders acquisition-wise and filmmakers, sales agents etc. are clearly willing wo work with them.

Mostly, but the Valdivia Film Festival reused to exhibit films managed by MUBI for the Sequoia connection. Even if it's not a huge festival, it's not one I would call tiny, either.

MUBI accepted funding from a group that supports an Israeli "defense" startup. I get why people are upset with them, and their spineless response didn't help their case much.

Thanks for the context. I’m not suggesting that you made that point but after reading up on the topic, I still fail to understand how they were “entirely” canceled or why that even matters in context of their physical media operations? If the Valdivia Festival is the only one to reject MUBI films, with all due respect, it’s not that significant and probably won’t make them reconsider anything. After browsing the topic a bit more, it seems the controversy didn’t last that long in online debates either after the initial reports were put out.