What’s streaming on MUBI April 2024
ANDREW HAIGH: A DOUBLE BILL
Fresh off an exciting awards season for his critically acclaimed film All of Us Strangers, MUBI is celebrating BIFA award-winning director Andrew Haigh with ANDREW HAIGH: A DOUBLE BILL. Included in the collection are Weekend and 45 Years – two films that explore the complexities of love, identity and relationships through Haigh’s unique direction.
Weekend (Romance, Drama, LGBTQ+) – Streaming April 1
Dir. Andrew Haigh, 2011
On a Friday night after hanging out with his mates, Russell heads out to a nightclub, alone and on the pull. Just before closing, he meets Glen. And so begins a weekend—in bars and bedrooms, getting drunk and taking drugs, telling stories and having sex—that will resonate throughout their lives. Andrew Haigh’s Weekend won the Emerging Visions Audience Award at SXSW in 2011.
45 Years (Drama, Romance) – Streaming April 1
Dir. Andrew Haigh, 2015
It’s one week until Kate and Geoff’s 45th anniversary, and a huge party is being planned. But then a letter arrives for Geoff. The body of Katya, his first love, has been discovered frozen and immaculately preserved in the glaciers of the Swiss Alps. Kate becomes obsessed with Geoff’s past. 45 Years was nominated for an Academy Award in 2016 for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role, and won Best Actress at the Berlin International Film Festival.
How to Have Sex (Drama) – Streaming exclusively on MUBI April 5
Dir. Molly Manning Walker
Three British teenage girls go on a rites-of-passage holiday, drinking, clubbing and hooking up in what should be the best summer of their lives. As they dance their way across the sun-drenched streets of Malia, they find themselves navigating the complexities of sex, consent and self-discovery. Molly Manning Walker’s critically acclaimed debut feature How to Have Sex won the Un Certain Regard award at Cannes Film Festival in 2023, and was nominated for the Caméra d’Or.
Dilating For Maximum Results (Short, Comedy, LGBTQ+) – Streaming April 19
Dir. Nyala Moon, 2023
A whack, irrelevant comedy about a black trans woman who tries to dilate, after four years of not dilating, to hook-up IRL with her online boyfriend. Dilating For Maximum Results is a part of MUBI’s EVEN BETTER THAN THE REAL THING collection, available on April 19, in collaboration with The Whitney Biennial exhibition. The film won the Grand Jury Prize for Outstanding U.S. Narrative Short at Outfest in 2023.
AMORES PERROS
Amores Perros (Drama, Thriller) – Streaming April 1
Dir. Alejandro González Iñárritu, 2000
A fatalistic car crash in Mexico city sets off a chain of events in the lives of three people: a supermodel, a young man wanting to run off with his sister-in-law, and a homeless man. Their lives are catapulted into unforeseen situations instigated by the seemingly inconsequential destiny of a dog. Amores Perros was nominated for best foreign language film at the 2001 Academy Awards, and won 3 awards at Cannes in 2000 including Critics Week Grand Prize.
MUBI COLLECTION: FUNNY HA HA
Cinema has a long history of making people laugh, easing their troubles, and poking fun at those in power. MUBI is home to more than international cinema, and the FUNNY HA HA collection features an array of the platform’s light-hearted comedies. From slapstick and screwball to arthouse subversion and sharp political satire—all by way of a perfectly timed sight gag or impromptu, unexpected moment.
El Planeta (Comedy) – Now Streaming
Dir. Amalia Ulman, 2021
It’s not easy being broke when you’ve got expensive tastes. A real-life mother-daughter duo find clever ways to hustle in this deadpan, monochrome debut from rising star Amalia Ulman. Transposing the langor of Hong Sang-soo to post-crisis Spain, Ulman takes an absurdist yet tender look at scamming. El Planeta won Best Director – International Official Selection at the Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema in 2021.
A Fish In The Bathtub (Comedy) – Now Streaming
Dir. Joan Micklin Silver
Starring iconic comedy duo (and real-life couple) Jerry Stiller & Anne Meara, this fish-out-of-water comedy about a marital breakup is a feel-good film about feeling bad. A cherubic Mark Ruffalo, Stiller yelling at everyone, the always excellent Doris Roberts, and a fish POV: What more do you want?
Inspector Ike (Comedy) – Now Streaming
Dir. Graham Mason, 2020
Best described as the love child of Columbo and The Naked Gun, Graham Mason’s absurdist comedy gleefully spoofs 1970s mystery-of-the-week TV with plenty of love, silliness, and shocking accuracy. Brace yourself for inventive sight gags, increasingly ridiculous suspects, and a sea of bell-bottoms!
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