New releases and coming soon to MUBI UK (15th April 2017)

After kicking off the Easter weekend with Andy Guérif’s 2015 adaptation of the Maestà of Duccio as a tableau vivant, MUBI serves up the next best thing to The Life of Brian: a look back over all of Monty Python’s Flying Circus highlights. Add in Fassbinder, Fellini and a dash of film noir, and it’s a cracking week, indeed.

Here’s what’s new, coming soon and leaving soon to the subscription streaming service:

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Amazon and The Roots team up for new kids’ series

Amazon and The Roots are teaming up for two new kids’ series.

The hip hop band (comprising Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, Kamal Gray, F. Knuckles, Captain Kirk Douglas, Damon Bryson and James Poyser) has won no fewer … Read More

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Warning: This contains spoilers for Episodes 3 and 4. Still catching up on Hap and Leonard? Head this way for our spoiler-free review of Season 2’s opening episodes.

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Disney launches Star Wars Forces of Destiny animated web series

Disney and Lucasfilm will launch a new web series this summer, featuring iconic heroes from across the Star Wars universe.

Developed by Lucasfilm Animation, Star Wars Forces of Destiny will follow Star Wars canon, showing how choices both big and … Read More

Mystery Science Theater 3000: The sci-fi show 30 years ahead of its time

This year sees the much-anticipated return of a sci-fi series on Netflix. A cult classic that was ahead of its time, and still has a lot to say about our current society. No, not Star Trek, but Mystery Science Theater … Read More

Netflix to compete with Amazon at Cannes 2017

Netflix is officially going to Cannes.

After years of being snubbed by the world’s most famous film festival, the streaming giant will be in attendance on the Croisette for the first time in 2017. Two of its original films, … Read More