New releases on MUBI UK this week (30th January 2016)
David Farnor | On 30, Jan 2016
Not getting your arthouse fix from Netflix? Wish there were more indie films on Amazon Prime Video? Every week, we round up the new releases on MUBI, the subscription VOD service that hand-picks new and old classics from around the world.
This weekend is all about Michael Caine, as MUBI launches a mini-season devoted to Maurice Micklewhite as Youth is released in cinemas. With the end of January looming, meanwhile, we look ahead at the titles about to depart the site.
Here’s what’s new to MUBI this week – and what’s leaving soon.
Vulgar Fractions – Monday 25th January
MUBI concludes its three-part Peter Bo Rappmund series with this portrait of seven state intersections along Nebraska’s border.
Artificial Intelligence – Tuesday 26th January
Hayley Joel Osment stars in Steven Spielberg’s underrated sci-fi about a young robot who wants to become a real boy. Jude Law steals the show as a mechanical male prostitute.
Shoah – Wednesday 27th January
Claude Lanzmann’s essential, 10-hour documentary recounts the story of the Holocaust through interviews with witnesses – the perpetrators as well as survivors.
Tabu: A Story of The South Seas – Thursday 28th January
Miguel Gomes’ 2012 drama, which sees an old woman relaying a story of love and crime from her youth to a neighbour and her maid, is a beautiful, tragic romance refracted through cinema’s black-and-white memory.
The Ipcress File – Friday 29th January
Sidney J. Furie’s 1965 spy thriller deftly subverts any conventions established by the burgeoning 007 franchise, jauntily swaying from Harry Palmer frying eggs to mind-bending hypnosis, all the while accompanied by John Barry’s irresistibly cool score. The first of three Michael Caine films to be added to MUBI, in celebration of Paolo Sorrentino’s Youth hitting cinemas.
The Eagle has Landed – Saturday 30th January
MUBI’s Michael Caine weekend continues with not only a great outing for the actor, as he stars in John Sturges’ 1976 thriller about a Nazi plan to kidnap Winston Churchill, but a classic entry in the WWII cinematic canon. The only thing more impressive? The rest of his output that decade, which includes Get Carter and The Man Who Would Be King.
The Quiet American – Sunday 31st January
The only thing better than Michael Caine in this 2002 drama is Brendan Fraser, who steals the show in a rare serious turn for the actor. He plays the titular young American going to visit an old British reporter in Vietnam, only to find him falling for a local for whom the journalist also has feelings. Caine simmers with mature passion.
Last chance to stream: Titles leaving MUBI soon
Bottle Rocket
Available until: 31st January
As Tears Go By
Available until: 1st February
Sex, Lies and Videotape
Available until: 2nd February
Story of a Love Affair
Available until: 3rd February
Bleak Moments
Available until: 4th February
L’Enfance Nue
Available until: 5th February
Blood (O Sangue)
Available until: 6th February
Pulp Fiction
Available until: 7th February
Sin City
Available until: 8th February
Mister Lonely
Available until: 9th February
Bandit Queen
Available until: 10th February
Psychohydrography
Available until: 11th February
Long Day’s Journey into Night
Available until: 12th February
Psychohydrography
Available until: 11th February
Long Day’s Journey Into Night
Available until: 12th February
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