New releases and coming soon to MUBI UK (20th May 2017)

MUBI heads to Cannes this month, with a fortnight-long takeover celebrating the creme de la Croisette. Centred around its exclusively-acquired Un Certain Regard winner The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Maki (read our interview with star Jarkko Lahti here), every day brings another old favourite from festival years past.

Here’s what’s new, coming soon and leaving soon on the subscription streaming service. This is your weekly MUBI Digest:

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This week’s new releases on BFI Player+ (20th May 2017)

Heard of BFI Player? Well, there’s also BFI Player+, a subscription service that offers an all-you-can-eat selection of hand-picked classics.

Every Friday, Mark Kermode highlights one of the collection’s titles with a video introduction. This week, it’s The Hunt, … Read More

F Is For Family Season 2 trailer lands

F is For Family’s second season is almost upon us – and, judging by the trailer for Bill Burr’s comedy, it’s as NSFW as ever.

Co-created with Michael Price, the animation is as adult as it gets, taking us back … Read More

Twin Peaks’ first four episodes will all premiere in the UK on Monday

Twin Peaks who can’t wait to go back to David Lynch’s wonderfully weird town have got some good news to greet them on their return: the first four episodes will all be available from Monday.

It’s no exaggeration to say … Read More

Hello America: Ridley Scott and Netflix to adapt JG Ballard’s novel

Ridley Scott and Netflix are reuniting to adapt JG Ballard’s novel Hello America.

The streaming giant is the talk of tinseltown right now, as it premieres two movies In Competition at Cannes for the first time, as well as … Read More

Amazon teams up with Annapurna Pictures for US release of Ben Stiller’s Brad’s Status

Amazon is teaming up with Annapurna Pictures to release Ben Stiller’s new comedy in US cinemas.

The movie, which is directed by Mike White, stars Michael Sheen, Luke Wilson and Jenna Fischer. At the head of the ensemble is Stiller, … Read More

Will Smith and Bong Joon-ho defend Netflix at Cannes

Will Smith and Bong Joon-ho have both dismissed criticism of Netflix at the opening of this year’s Cannes Film Festival.

The event, now in its 70th year, is the first at which Netflix has premiered a movie, a sign of … Read More

MUBI heads to Cannes for 2017

MUBI is heading to Cannes once again this year, with the world’s biggest film festival taking over the subscription service to offer a collection of Croisette favourites, old and new.

Every year, the creme de la creme of the … Read More

Borja Cobeaga to direct Netflix movie Fe de Eterras

Borja Cobeaga will direct Netflix’s next Spanish original movie, Fe de Etarras.

The filmmaker, who was nominated for an Academy Award in 2005 for his live action short, One Too Many, has since gone on to become a notable player … Read More

Netflix’s Okja and War Machine to get UK cinema release

Netflix’s Okja and War Machine will both be released in UK cinemas this year.

The streaming giant, which heads to Cannes this week to premiere Okja and The Meyerowitz Stories, has come under fire from the Cannes Film Festival in … Read More