The undiscovered world of film for many of you will include the movie on demand website MUBI. This is more than just a streaming service. Not only does MUBI allow you to watch so many off-the-radar films, but it is also a vast community of film-lovers, an endless movie catalog, as well as an abundance of film-related lists.
A great place to find essential corners of cinema – rare gems, films directed by women, directorial debuts, innovative international cinema. The range goes on. Get yourself signed up, I guarantee there is something for you there. In the meantime here are 7 of the films showing for free as a subscriber. Films you likely haven’t seen. From the likes of inspirational women. Early movies from filmmakers being talked about today for their latest acclaimed works. Even recommended films from brand new talent. Enjoy. That’s an order.
REPRISE
JOACHIM TRIER
Norway 2006
MUBI’S TAKE: Trier’s exquisitely unsettling Thelma dives into the female universe with surprising delicacy and sharpness, but the Norwegian had already shown impressive understanding of what it means to be alive in his ambitious debut—a tale of friendship and dreams infused with the charm of the French New Wave. WATCH NOW
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AVA
LÉA MYSIUS
France 2017
MUBI’S TAKE: One of the best debuts of the year lands on MUBI! Premiering in Cannes in May, Mysius’ beguiling exploration of female sexuality and teenage fears is a life-affirming, infectious blend of ravishing colour, whimsical humour and the dreamy melancholy of a transformative summer. Bonus: that soundtrack! WATCH NOW
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KINETTA / ΚΙΝΈΤΤΑ
YORGOS LANTHIMOS
Greece 2005
MUBI’S TAKE: If you enjoyed The Lobster and The Killing of a Sacred Deer, you may want to know where it all started (Dogtooth wasn’t the beginning!). Greek maverick Yorgos Lanthimos’ debut is a rarely seen, elliptical and weirdly captivating take on alienation, released on DVD for the first time by Second Run. WATCH NOW
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THE PROTAGONISTS
LUCA GUADAGNINO
Italy 1999
MUBI’S TAKE: We’re excited to kick off 2018 with our First Films First series, celebrating brave, auspicious and otherwise remarkable debuts. With Call Me By Your Name garnering high praise and topping many “Best of…” lists, we’re leading with the experimental debut, starring Tilda Swinton, of Luca Guadagnino. WATCH NOW
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MUR MURS
AGNÈS VARDA
France 1981
MUBI’S TAKE: If in Daguerréotypes Varda captured the charm of the mundane in her own street, Mur Murs finds the restless auteur in California for an equally lucid ethnographic exercise: tracking down anonymous street artists, using their murals as metaphor and means by which to spotlight the marginalized. WATCH NOW
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THE GOLD DIGGERS
SALLY POTTER
UK 1983
MUBI’S TAKE: Sally Potter is one of the most intrepid and distinctive voices in British cinema. On the back of the huge success of The Party, we want to spotlight her debut, an award-winning feminist touchstone of the 1980s—made with an entirely female crew—that rewires Classical Hollywood with the avant-garde. WATCH NOW
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SOMETHING DIFFERENT / O NĚČEM JINÉM
VĚRA CHYTILOVÁ
Czechoslovakia 1963
MUBI’S TAKE: Next in our first films series is trailblazing auteur Věra Chytilová’s Something Different. Best known for the gloriously anarchic Daisies, her debut already boasts a sharp eye for social critique and gender politics—she never stopped challenging patriarchy and her work is as relevant today as ever. WATCH NOW
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