David Farnor | On 11, Mar 2024

MUBI shines a spotlight on Priscilla Presley with the exclusive release of Sofia Coppola’s new film. It’s joined by a celebration of Ryan Gosling, a Merchant Ivory retrospective, a focus on indie animator Suzan Pitt and a season honouring female cinematographers.

In the meantime, it’s your last chance to stream The Dukye of Burgundy, Saint Omer and Mimosas.

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

 

This month on MUBI

Priscilla – 1st March

When teenage Priscilla Beaulieu (Cailee Spaeny) meets Elvis Presley (Jacob Elordi) at a party, the man who is already a meteoric rock-and-roll superstar becomes someone entirely unexpected in private moments: a thrilling crush, an ally in loneliness, a vulnerable best friend. Through Priscilla’s eyes, Sofia Coppola tells the unseen side of a great American myth in Elvis and Priscilla’s long courtship and turbulent marriage, from a German army base to his dream-world estate at Graceland, in this deeply felt and ravishingly detailed portrait of love, fantasy, and fame.

Drive – 1st March

Ryan Gosling is iconic in Nicolas Winding Refn’s cool, compelling genre mixtape.

Only God Forgives – 1st March

Gosling impresses but Refn goes native with this indulgent, crude piece of Bangkok gothic.

Holy Motors – 8th March

Leos Carax’s surreal, cynical, beautiful film about filmmaking and performance is an experience worth partaking in.

BPM – 8th March

Dazzlingly edited and intimately performed, 120 BPM is an intellectual drama, a political thriller and a living tragedy.

Our Body – 8th March

In the gynaecology ward of a Parisian public hospital, French documentarian Claire Simon, questions what it means to live in women’s bodies, filming their diversity, singularity and their beauty in all stages throughout life. Our Body is a profound, humane and compassionate exploration of women’s health issues demystifying and de-objectifying the female body.

Ramona – 8th March

Victoria Linares Villegas blurs the lines of fiction and reality with Ramona (2023), her self-reflexive film which follows a young actress preparing for the role of a pregnant teenager by interviewing young women about pregnancy and motherhood. In the process, the girls candidly recount their lives and circumstances, shaping the character of Ramona and allowing her to become an ode to the power of female collaborative creativity.

The Last Year of Darkness – 15th March

As the city of Chengdu changes, the future of beloved club Funky Town is unclear. For a vibrant group of DJs, drag performers, lovers, ravers, and skaters, this is a sanctuary for underground partying that allows them to thrive after hours. But when the sun comes up, the friends are forced to face what brought them to the party in the first place. Filmmaker Benjamin Mullinkosson writes a love letter to the free-spirited personalities of Chengdu’s party scene in this raw, immersive and hypnotic documentary.

 

Other titles also coming to MUBI UK in March 2024:

1st March
Half Nelson

8th March
House of Tolerance
Thursday Till Sunday

15th March
27

22nd March
Crocus
Jefferson Circus Songs
Asparagus
Joy Street
El Doctor
Visitation
Pinball
Suzhou River

29th March
Heat and Dust
Maurice

 

Last chance to stream: Titles leaving MUBI soon

The Duke of Burgundy
Available until: 15th March 2024

Only the Animals
Available until: 22nd March 2024

I’m Going to Santiago
Available until: 14th March 2024

Saint Omer
Available until: 19th March 2024

American Psycho
Available until: 17th March 2024

Dune (1984)
Available until: 24th March 2024

How to Get Ahead in Advertising
Available until: 23rd March 2024

Mimosas
Available until: 16th March 2024

Poem
Available until: 24th March 2024

Love Infinity – When The Sun Goes Quiet
Available until: 23rd March 2024

Love Infinity – Memorandum For The Next Golden Age
Available until: 23rd March 2024

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