MUBI Podcast

<p>Pop icon <b>Jarvis Cocker</b> and director <b>Garth Jennings</b> (SING, THE HITCHHIKER&apos;S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY) sit down with host Rico Gagliano to talk about their huge-yet-heartwarming concert film <b>PULP: WHAT DO YOU DO FOR AN ENCORE?</b>. Other topics include: death, Abba, heads in boxes, and where they get their dapper threads.</p><p><a href='https://mubi.com/en/pl/films/pulp-what-do-you-do-for-an-encore'><b>PULP: WHAT DO YOU DO FOR AN ENCORE?</b></a> is now streaming globally on MUB

<p>90 years ago in Paris, a little 50-seat screening room opened its doors... and soon become probably the most important cinema ever. This month, the <b>Cinémathèque française</b> celebrates its birthday with a retrospective, so we are too: with this encore upload of our episode all about the revolutions the theater launched, both on movie screens and in the Paris streets. Host Rico Gagliano tells the wild tale, with help from directors <b>Barbet Schroeder</b> (BARFLY, REVERSAL OF FORTUNE) and

<p>Cannes-winning actor/filmmaker <b>Riley Keough</b> (THE GIRLFRIEND EXPERIENCE) is no stranger to the worlds of wealth or fashion, and in the bloody, bawdy new satire <b>ROSEBUSH PRUNING</b>, she inhabits a larger-than-life character who is way too into both. Keough tells Rico what drew her to director Karim Aïnouz&apos;s weird-wave black comedy, and about finding love on the infamously intense set of MAD MAX: FURY ROAD. </p><p><a href='https://mubi.com/films/rosebush-pruning'><b>ROSEBUSH PRUN

<p>Rico gets a primer on the skinhead history—and ska-fueled soundtrack—behind THIS IS ENGLAND: The 2007 indie hit about misunderstood kids in a misunderstood subculture. Guests include stars Jack O&apos;Connell (SINNERS) and Andrew Shim (A ROOM FOR ROMEO BRASS), producer Mark Herbert, and Neville Staple, frontman for &apos;80s ska legends The Specials.</p><p>Our audio documentary podcast returns with a sequel to our popular 2023 season that dives deep into the grooves of classic movie “needle d

<p>Director <b>Alejandro G. Iñárritu</b> (THE<em> </em>REVENANT) and cinematographer <b>Rodrigo Prieto</b> (THE WOLD OF WALL STREET) have a blast telling host Rico Gagliano about the making of their high-octane 2001 breakthrough <b>AMORESPERROS</b>—the story of a car crash, its victims, and their dogs.</p><p>Topics include: the pair&apos;s early days as ad men, discovering star Gael García Bernal, the movie&apos;s literally toxic visual process...and where they got the <em>cojones</em> to pull i

<p>In the &apos;90s, there was no music video director in hip-hop bigger than Hype Williams. And he concentrated all his visual powers on his first (and for now, only) feature film, <b>BELLY</b> (1998): a gangster film that looked—and sounded—like no other, especially its iconic opening heist sequence, set to Soul II Soul&apos;s "Back to Life." Rico talks with Soul&apos;s songsmith <b>Simon Law</b> about the &apos;80s UK club scene that birthed that megahit track and learns why this once-maligne

<p>Isolated during the COVID pandemic, director <b>Andrew Haigh</b> (LOOKING) wrote a feature about a man trying to break out of isolation and loss...and peppered it with the dance-pop hits that made him feel less lonely as a gay teen in the &apos;80s.</p><p>Andrew tells host Rico Gagliano about the cathartic making of his award-winning tearjerker <b>ALL OF US STRANGERS</b> (2023), and gives a song-by-song breakdown of almost every tune in the film, from Pet Shop Boys to Frankie Goes To Hollywoo

<p>On the opening day of the World Cup, we take a look and a listen to the soccer-centric sleeper <b>BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM</b> (2002). Director <b>Gurinder Chadha</b> tells Rico about making her breakthrough rom-com about girl power, British Asian identity, and football—and how its mashup soundtrack of pop hits and Bhangra bangers scored goals of its own. Other guests include superstar DJ/producer <b>Bally Sagoo</b>, and the film&apos;s music supervisor <b>Liz Gallacher</b> (THE FULL MONTY).</p><