MUBI's April Slate Showcases Fresh Exclusives and Honors Cinema Icons
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Subscribe PastIssues Translate MUBIPressRelease April2020 MUBI’sAprilSlateShowcasesFreshExclusivesand HonorsCinemaIcons NewYork,NY—March18,2020—MUBI,thepremierestreamingserviceforcurated independentfilms,hasrevealeditspicksforApril.Theslateispackedwithrecentfestival hitsandrediscoveredclassicsexclusivelyavailableonMUBI.Thismonth,theywill celebratethecreativepartnershipbetweentwoiconsofFrenchcinemainthedoublebill Belmondo&MelvilleandhighlightthegroundbreakingdocumentaryworkofPietro Marcelloaheadofthereleaseofhisnewfilm. MUBI’sexclusivestrandscontinuetofeatureboldfestivalfinds:Locarnoalumand experimentalanimatorJodieMack’santicipatedfeaturedebutTheGrandBizarrewillbe presentedinthestrand.StraightfromRotterdamisthestrikingNona.If TheySoakMe,I’llBurnThem,byCamilaJoséDonoso().Lastly, discoveredatlastyear’sBerlinale,aretheeerieGhostTownAnthology(),by QuebecoisdirectorDenisCôté,andthestunningARussianYouth()bynewtalent AlexanderZolotukhin. Additionalhighlightsinclude:CanadaNow,anexclusiveselectionofthreeofthebest examplesofcontemporaryCanadiancinema,DeadSouls,anepicdocumentaryinthree Subscribe PastIssues Translate partsbyWangBing(Cannes‘18),andMargueriteDuras’shauntingIndiaSong. HighlightsfromtheAprilline-upareasfollows: MUBI'SEXCLUSIVESTRANDS [TheNewAuteurs]Aftershowcasingherdocumentaryin2018,MUBIwill againpresenttheexclusiveonlinepremiereofCamilaJoséDonoso’slatestwork.Nona,If TheySoakMe,I’llBurnThem(Rotterdam‘19)isanintimateportraitofDonoso’s grandmotherthatisbothdeeplypersonalandaboldlookatChile’srecentpast. Nona.IfTheySoakMe,I'llBurnThem—April2 [Undiscovered]MUBIisexcitedtoagainhighlighttheworkofexperimentalanimator JodieMack,exclusivelypresentingherfeaturedebutTheGrandBizarre(Locarno‘18). Mackbringsmundaneobjectstolifeinthisworldjourneyfollowingtheflowofmaterials, texturesandsoundsacrosstheglobaleconomy. TheGrandBizarre—April9 [Luminaries]AlyricallyeeriesupernaturalhorrorfilmsetinadesolateCanadiantown, GhostTownAnthology(Berlin‘19)isthelatestgenre-bendingworkfromrenowned QuébécoisfilmmakerDenisCôté. GhostTownAnthology—April21 [Debuts]AlexanderZolotukhin’shighlystylizeddebutfeatureARussianYouthisa dreamyWWIfilmfollowingayoungblindedsoldier.Premieringatlastyear’sBerlinale,this isamasterworkofformalistcinema. Subscribe PastIssues Translate ARussianYouth—April30 BELMONDO&MELVILLE TocelebratethebirthdayofJean-PaulBelmondo,MUBIwillfeatureadoublebillof collaborationsbetweentheNewWaveiconandthemastergenredirectorJean-Pierre Melville.TheselectionincludesLedoulos,oneofMelville'sbestmodernistreinventions oftheAmericangangsterfilm. LéonMorin,Priest—April10 Ledoulos—April11 PIETROMARCELLODOUBLEBILL— WithhislatestfilmcomingtoUStheatersnextmonth,MUBIwillshowcase theearlyworkofoneofthemostsingularvoicesinItaliancontemporarycinema.Pietro Marcello’shybrid,genre-bendingdocumentariesgracefullymeditateonmemory,fading ideals,andthepoetryofchanceencounters. TheMouthoftheWolf—April12 CrossingtheLine—April13 CANADANOW— Subscribe PastIssues Translate MUBIwillexclusivelypresenttheonlinepremieresofthreerecent,acclaimedfilmsfrom ournorthernneighborsinpartnershipwithCanadaNow,ashowcaseforworks celebratingthecreativespiritofCanadiancinemaiscurrentlytouringtheatersacrossthe U.S.MUBI'sselectionincludesOneDayintheLifeofNoahPiugattuk(TIFF‘19),the latestfeaturefromprominentInuitdirectorZachariasKunuk. Delphine—April16 OneDayintheLifeofNoahPiugattuk—April17 ThisIsNotaMovie—April18 SINGLES! WinneroftheSilverBearforcinematographyatBerlin2016,cinematographerMarkLee Ping-bing’s()masterful35mmphotographyinCrosscurrentispoetic Subscribe PastIssues Translate andrichlyevocative.MUBIisproudtopresentthestreamingpremiereofthisbeguiling anddeeplyromanticdrama. Crosscurrent—April3— Nextmonth,MUBIwillcelebraterenownedwriter,playwright,andfilmmakerMarguerite DurasbyexclusivelypresentingherseminalworkIndiaSong(Cannes‘75).Setinthe colonialisthomesof1930sIndia,DurascastsDelphineSeyrigasadiplomat’swife hauntedbyimperialistguilt. IndiaSong—April4— Filmedovertenyears,andsplitintothreeparts,WangBing'sDeadSouls(Cannes‘18) digsdeepintooneofthemostoverlookedchaptersinChinesehistory.Thisimmersive, epicpieceofnon-fictionfilmmakingisaresonantreflectiononmemory,humanbehavior, andthecourageoftestimony. DeadSouls(Part1)—April27 DeadSouls(Part2)—April28 DeadSouls(Part3)—April29 MediaContact: MPRMCommunications,KarenWood,[email protected],323-933-3399 Todownloadpressmaterials,clickhere. 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