VOD News | On 06, Apr 2025

MUBI is dropping two star-studded big hitters this month, with the debut of Miguel Gomes’ Cannes prize-winning Grand Tour and Gia Coppola’s The Last Showgirl. They’re joined by a collection of playful, provocative, and wildly inventive animated shorts exploring sexuality, plus a post-apocalyptic collection to tie in with MUBI’s cinematic release of Joshua Oppenheimer’s The End.

In the meantime, it’s your last chance to stream The Watermelon Woman.

What’s new, coming soon and leaving soon? Read on for your monthly MUBI Digest.

 

This month on MUBI

Escape from New York – 1st April

From genre maestro John Carpenter comes the anarchic Escape from New York (1991), set in an alternative Manhattan where crime rates have soared so high that the island has become a walled-off prison. Within this prison, outlaw Snake Plissken (Kurt Russell) strikes a deal with the U.S. government: to extract the president safely if he wishes to stay alive. Meanwhile, Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro’s darkly comic Delicatessen (1991) is set in a world where food has become so scarce that a butcher turned landlord exploits his tenants via truly grotesque means…

The Eight Mountains – 4th April

Charlotte Vandermeersch and Felix van Groeningen’s breathtaking The Eight Mountains (2022), an epic account of the friendship between two men over three decades as they traverse the rugged landscapes of the Alps. After their childhood adventures in a small mountain village, the two friends are separated for years, only to reunite later as adults to rebuild a hut on land Pietro inherits from his father, leading them to confront their past and reconnect with the land that shaped their bond.

Grand Tour – 18th April

From visionary Portuguese director Miguel Gomes (Tabu, Arabian Nights) comes this dazzling, continent-spanning odyssey blending romance, screwball comedy, and lush visual storytelling. Winner of the Best Director award at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival and Portugal’s official submission for the Academy-Awards®, Grand Tour takes audiences on a whirlwind pursuit through colonial Asia, interweaving archival footage with stunning 16mm cinematography.

The Last Showgirl – 18th April

In Gia Coppola’s compassionate character portrait, veteran showgirl Shelly (Pamela Anderson) must suddenly devise a future for herself after her stage show, La Razzle Dazzle abruptly comes to an end. For Shelly, the show is an ode to a sorely missed epoch of glamour and sophistication that she has dedicated 30 years of her life to, but in doing so she has created a strained relationship with her daughter. With the future uncertain, can Shelly honour her art while reconstructing a life with her daughter?

Tendaberry – 25th April

Marking Haley Elizabeth Anderson as a bold new voice in independent cinema, this is a raw and poetic reflection on womanhood, survival, and identity in an ever-changing world. Premiering at the Sundance Film Festival, where it was nominated for the Next Innovator Award, the film offers an urgent, deeply personal portrait of resilience and womanhood, set against the backdrop of a shifting New York City.

 

Other titles also coming to MUBI UK in April 2025:

1st April
Bug Diner (Hart, 2024)
Escape from New York (Carpenter, 1991)

4th April
The Bling Ring

15th April
Desire Pie (Crafts, 1977)
Asparagus (Pitt, 1979)
Tram (Pavlátová, 2012)
Pussy (Gąsiorowska, 2016)
#21XOXO (Sine Özbilge, 2019)
Toomas Beneath the Valley of the Wild Wolves (Lundgren & Ivezić, 2019)
Nun or Never! (Jäälinoja, 2023)
Delicatassen (Jeunet & Caro, 1991)
Time of the Wolf (Haneke, 2003)
The Road (Hillcoat, 2009)

 

Last chance to stream: Titles leaving MUBI soon

The Watermelon Woman
Available until: 8th April 2025

The Great Wall
Available until: 9th April 2025

Green Vinyl
Available until: 11th April 2025

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