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Welcome back for another installment of Mubi Monday! This week we are taking a look at a film that was the 2023 Chilean submission for Best International Feature Film. It’s a wild ride, so saddle up as we dive into…The Settlers (2023). Title: The Settlers Director: Felipe Gálvez Released: May 22, 2023 (Cannes Film Festival)…
One of the things about Mubi Monday that I am enjoying is that there is so much on the service that I’d never be exposed to if it weren’t for Mubi. From short films to foreign films that cover all corners of the Earth, festival darlings, and everything in between. This week I was scrolling…
This time around in our continued quest through the featured Letterboxd Lists we have a selection off of a list of great movies. But it isn’t just any list, it’s the Roger Ebert’s “Great Movies” list, which includes every movie from his essays of the same name. So, on a list that totals 378 movies,…
This week for Mubi Monday we dip our toes into the realm of documentaries. Come along as we explore a Turkish hospital with Phases of Matter (2020). Title: Phases of Matter Director: Deniz Tortum Released: January 25, 2020 (International Film Festival Rotterdam) Runtime: 1 hour 11 minutes Available to stream on: Kanopy and Mubi (have…
Yes, it’s another installment of Mubi Monday. No, this isn’t an April Fool’s joke. This week we get back to feature length films and look at a spaghetti western with…Keoma (1976). Title: Keoma Director: Enzo G. Castellari Released: November 25, 1976 (Italy) Runtime: 1 hour 40 minutes Available to stream on: Pluto TV, Tubi, and…
Time to cross another movie off of one of the featured Letterboxd Lists. This time around we’re focusing on the 1,001 Movies You Must See Before You Die list and another first-time watch for me with…Roman Holiday (1953). Title: Roman Holiday Director: William Wyler Runtime: 1 hour 59 minutes Released: August 20, 1953 (premiered at…
Welcome back to another installment of everyone’s favorite day of the week, Mubi Monday! This week we have a short from up-and-coming Icelandic director Hlynur Pálmason with…Nest (2022). Title: Nest Director: Hlynur Pálmason Released: February 10, 2022 (Berlin International Film Festival) Runtime: 22 minutes Available to stream on: Mubi (here’s a month of Mubi on…
This week for Mubi Monday we’re going back to short films. In fact, we’re going to take a look at an Oscar nominated cartoon short starring a character that almost all of us are familiar with. Everyone be sure to eat your spinach and get ready for…Popeye the Sailor Meets Sinbad the Sailor (1936). Title:…
This week as we continue on in our Letterboxd Lists journey, I decided it’s about time that we take a look at the Letterboxd Top 250 list. In doing so, I am able to correct a massive blind spot of mine with…The Third Man (1949). Title: The Third Man Director: Carol Reed Runtime: 1 hour…
Happy post-Oscars Mubi Monday! This week we’re going to look at an early offering from Takeshi Kitano, the director of the Outrage trilogy, with Fireworks (1997). Title: Fireworks (Hana-bi) Director: Takeshi Kitano Released: September 3, 1997 (Venice Film Festival) Runtime: 1 hour 43 minutes Available to stream on: Mubi and Kanopy To say that life…