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The MUBI Podcast is an audio documentary series about how great cinema happens, and why it matters. Every season’s a deep dive into a different corner of movie culture — from classic needle drops, to movie theaters that changed the world. Plus, between seasons: intimate interviews with some of the best filmmakers alive. Nominated for multiple Webbys, Ambies, and British Podcast Awards. Hosted by veteran arts journalist Rico Gagliano. “It’s like This American Life for filmmaking stories” — Matt Wallin

  1. 12h ago

    YOL — The picture made from prison (feat. Alejandro G. Iñárritu)

    How do you direct a Palme d’Or-winning film…from behind bars? Our new season about dissident filmmakers kicks off with the tale of Yilmaz Güney—one of Turkish cinema’s most revered and controversial directors—from his days as a tough-guy movie star nicknamed “The Ugly King,” to his years as a left-wing activist, to his 19-year prison sentence…during which he somehow managed to make his masterpiece, YOL. Featuring Oscar-winner and YOL megafan Alejandro G. Iñárritu (DIGGER) and German-Turkish auteur Fatih Akin (HEAD-ON). The MUBI Podcast returns for its 12th season, “Under Pressure.” At a time when artists worldwide are being threatened or stifled by their governments, host Rico Gagliano tells the stories of filmmakers from across history and around the world who have made movies in spite of incredible state pressure to compromise, give in, or give up. From 1970s Turkey to modern-day America, these are alternately wild, sobering, controversial, and inspiring tales of art by any means necessary. AMORES PERROS and TIME TO LOVE are now streaming on MUBI worldwide. SOUL KITCHEN is now streaming on MUBI in the US, Canada, the UK, Ireland, Australia, Turkey, Spain, Germany, Latin America, Netherlands. To stream some of the films we've covered on the podcast, check out the collection Featured on the MUBI Podcast. Availability of films varies depending on your country. MUBI is a global streaming service, production company and film distributor dedicated to elevating great cinema. MUBI makes, acquires, curates, and champions extraordinary films, connecting them to audiences all over the world. A place to discover ambitious new films and singular voices, from iconic directors to emerging auteurs. Each carefully chosen by MUBI’s curators.

    YOL — The picture made from prison (feat. Alejandro G. Iñárritu)

  2. Oct 15 ·  Bonus Video

    PULP live! — Jarvis Cocker & Garth Jennings capture the power of pop

    Pop icon Jarvis Cocker and director Garth Jennings (SING, THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY) sit down with host Rico Gagliano to talk about their huge-yet-heartwarming concert film PULP: WHAT DO YOU DO FOR AN ENCORE?. Other topics include: death, Abba, heads in boxes, and where they get their dapper threads. PULP: WHAT DO YOU DO FOR AN ENCORE? is now streaming globally on MUBI.  To stream some of the films we've covered on the podcast, check out the collection Featured on the MUBI Podcast. Availability of films varies depending on your country. MUBI is a global streaming service, production company and film distributor dedicated to elevating great cinema. MUBI makes, acquires, curates, and champions extraordinary films, connecting them to audiences all over the world. A place to discover ambitious new films and singular voices, from iconic directors to emerging auteurs. Each carefully chosen by MUBI’s curators.

    PULP live! — Jarvis Cocker & Garth Jennings capture the power of pop

  3. Sep 3

    The Cinémathèque française — celebrating 90 years and 2 revolutions (rewind)

    90 years ago in Paris, a little 50-seat screening room opened its doors... and soon become probably the most important cinema ever. This month, the Cinémathèque française celebrates its birthday with a retrospective, so we are too: with this encore upload of our episode all about the revolutions the theater launched, both on movie screens and in the Paris streets. Host Rico Gagliano tells the wild tale, with help from directors Barbet Schroeder (BARFLY, REVERSAL OF FORTUNE) and Luc Moullet (BRIGITTE ET BRIGITTE), plus L.A. Times film critic Amy Nicholson and many more. Vive le cinema. The Faust Bible: The Making of F.W. Murnau’s Masterpiece will be published globally through MUBI Editions on October 17 in partnership with the Cinémathèque française. It brings to light an extraordinary, recently rediscovered artifact: a visual diary of around 400 photographs and original illustrations documenting the making of Murnau’s Faust almost step by step, now published in full for the first time. 17 October - Official Launch at la Cinémathèque française, Paris To mark the launch of The Faust Bible, MUBI Editions and la Cinémathèque française host a special centenary screening of Faust, featuring an introduction by Laurent Mannoni and live musical accompaniment by Christine Ott and Mathieu Gabry. 25 October - Filmmuseum München To continue the celebrations, MUBI Editions and the Filmmuseum München host a special screening of Faust, featuring an introduction by Stefan Drössler and live musical accompaniment by Sabrina Zimmermann and Mark Pogolski. 1 November - Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, Los Angeles To celebrate the publication of The Faust Bible, MUBI Editions and the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures host a special centenary screening of Faust, featuring an introduction by K.J. Relth-Miller and live musical accompaniment by Julianna Barwick. To stream some of the films we've covered on the podcast, check out the collection Featured on the MUBI Podcast. Availability of films varies depending on your country. MUBI is a global streaming service, production company and film distributor dedicated to elevating great cinema. MUBI makes, acquires, curates, and champions extraordinary films, connecting them to audiences all over the world. A place to discover ambitious new films and singular voices, from iconic directors to emerging auteurs. Each carefully chosen by MUBI’s curators.

    The Cinémathèque française — celebrating 90 years and 2 revolutions (rewind)

  4. Aug 20 ·  Bonus

    ROSEBUSH PRUNING — Riley Keough eats the rich (and survives MAD MAX)

    Cannes-winning actor/filmmaker Riley Keough (THE GIRLFRIEND EXPERIENCE) is no stranger to the worlds of wealth or fashion, and in the bloody, bawdy new satire ROSEBUSH PRUNING, she inhabits a larger-than-life character who is way too into both. Keough tells Rico what drew her to director Karim Aïnouz's weird-wave black comedy, and about finding love on the infamously intense set of MAD MAX: FURY ROAD.  ROSEBUSH PRUNING is streaming exclusively on MUBI from August 21 almost globally.  To stream some of the films we've covered on the podcast, check out the collection Featured on the MUBI Podcast. Availability of films varies depending on your country. MUBI is a global streaming service, production company and film distributor dedicated to elevating great cinema. MUBI makes, acquires, curates, and champions extraordinary films, connecting them to audiences all over the world. A place to discover ambitious new films and singular voices, from iconic directors to emerging auteurs. Each carefully chosen by MUBI’s curators.

    ROSEBUSH PRUNING — Riley Keough eats the rich (and survives MAD MAX)

  5. Jul 16

    THIS IS ENGLAND — Shane Meadows's 2-Toned look at skins and ska (w/ Jack O'Connell)

    Rico gets a primer on the skinhead history—and ska-fueled soundtrack—behind THIS IS ENGLAND: The 2007 indie hit about misunderstood kids in a misunderstood subculture. Guests include stars Jack O'Connell (SINNERS) and Andrew Shim (A ROOM FOR ROMEO BRASS), producer Mark Herbert, and Neville Staple, frontman for '80s ska legends The Specials. Our audio documentary podcast returns with a sequel to our popular 2023 season that dives deep into the grooves of classic movie “needle drops.”  Titled “Needle on the Record, Side Two,” in each episode host Rico Gagliano tells the story of a film that fused music and image to make magic—and sometimes, changed popular culture. KES is now streaming on MUBI in the UK, Ireland, Italy and Turkey. To stream some of the films we've covered on the podcast, check out the collection Featured on the MUBI Podcast. Availability of films varies depending on your country. MUBI is a global streaming service, production company and film distributor dedicated to elevating great cinema. MUBI makes, acquires, curates, and champions extraordinary films, connecting them to audiences all over the world. A place to discover ambitious new films and singular voices, from iconic directors to emerging auteurs. Each carefully chosen by MUBI’s curators.

    THIS IS ENGLAND — Shane Meadows's 2-Toned look at skins and ska (w/ Jack O'Connell)

  6. Jul 9 ·  Bonus

    Alejandro G. Iñárritu & Rodrigo Prieto look back on AMORES PERROS

    Director Alejandro G. Iñárritu (THE REVENANT) and cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto (THE WOLF OF WALL STREET) have a blast telling host Rico Gagliano about the making of their high-octane 2001 breakthrough AMORES PERROS—the story of a car crash, its victims, and their dogs. Topics include: the pair's early days as ad men, discovering star Gael García Bernal, the movie's literally toxic visual process...and where they got the cojones to pull it all off. The 4K restoration of AMORES PERROS is streaming on MUBI from July 10 worldwide.  To stream some of the films we've covered on the podcast, check out the collection Featured on the MUBI Podcast. Availability of films varies depending on your country. MUBI is a global streaming service, production company and film distributor dedicated to elevating great cinema. MUBI makes, acquires, curates, and champions extraordinary films, connecting them to audiences all over the world. A place to discover ambitious new films and singular voices, from iconic directors to emerging auteurs. Each carefully chosen by MUBI’s curators.

    Alejandro G. Iñárritu & Rodrigo Prieto look back on AMORES PERROS

  7. Jul 2

    BELLY — Hype Williams and Soul II Soul bring hip hop "Back To Life"

    In the '90s, there was no music video director in hip-hop bigger than Hype Williams. And he concentrated all his visual powers on his first (and for now, only) feature film, BELLY (1998): a gangster film that looked—and sounded—like no other, especially its iconic opening heist sequence, set to Soul II Soul's "Back to Life." Rico talks with Soul's songsmith Simon Law about the '80s UK club scene that birthed that megahit track and learns why this once-maligned movie has become required viewing for hip-hop nation. Other guests include the film's co-story writer Anthony Bodden and hip-hop critic Panama Jackson. Our audio documentary podcast returns with a sequel to our popular 2023 season that dives deep into the grooves of classic movie “needle drops.”  Titled “Needle on the Record, Side Two,” in each episode host Rico Gagliano tells the story of a film that fused music and image to make magic—and sometimes, changed popular culture. MY FATHER'S SHADOW is now streaming on MUBI almost globally. To stream some of the films we've covered on the podcast, check out the collection Featured on the MUBI Podcast. Availability of films varies depending on your country. MUBI is a global streaming service, production company and film distributor dedicated to elevating great cinema. MUBI makes, acquires, curates, and champions extraordinary films, connecting them to audiences all over the world. A place to discover ambitious new films and singular voices, from iconic directors to emerging auteurs. Each carefully chosen by MUBI’s curators.

    BELLY — Hype Williams and Soul II Soul bring hip hop "Back To Life"

  8. Jun 18

    ALL OF US STRANGERS — Andrew Haigh believes in the Power of Love

    Isolated during the COVID pandemic, director Andrew Haigh (LOOKING) wrote a feature about a man trying to break out of isolation and loss...and peppered it with the dance-pop hits that made him feel less lonely as a gay teen in the '80s. Andrew tells host Rico Gagliano about the cathartic making of his award-winning tearjerker ALL OF US STRANGERS (2023), and gives a song-by-song breakdown of almost every tune in the film, from Pet Shop Boys to Frankie Goes To Hollywood.  Our audio documentary podcast returns with a sequel to our popular 2023 season that dives deep into the grooves of classic movie “needle drops.”  Titled “Needle on the Record, Side Two,” in each episode host Rico Gagliano tells the story of a film that fused music and image to make magic—and sometimes, changed popular culture. AFTERSUN is now streaming on MUBI in the UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia, Germany, France, Netherlands, Spain, Italy, Turkey, Latin America. THE HISTORY OF SOUND is now streaming in the US and Canada. To stream some of the films we've covered on the podcast, check out the collection Featured on the MUBI Podcast. Availability of films varies depending on your country. MUBI is a global streaming service, production company and film distributor dedicated to elevating great cinema. MUBI makes, acquires, curates, and champions extraordinary films, connecting them to audiences all over the world. A place to discover ambitious new films and singular voices, from iconic directors to emerging auteurs. Each carefully chosen by MUBI’s curators.

    ALL OF US STRANGERS — Andrew Haigh believes in the Power of Love
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The MUBI Podcast is an audio documentary series about how great cinema happens, and why it matters. Every season’s a deep dive into a different corner of movie culture — from classic needle drops, to movie theaters that changed the world. Plus, between seasons: intimate interviews with some of the best filmmakers alive. Nominated for multiple Webbys, Ambies, and British Podcast Awards. Hosted by veteran arts journalist Rico Gagliano. “It’s like This American Life for filmmaking stories” — Matt Wallin

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    MUBI
  • Creator
    MUBI
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
    105
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