Matt Thrift

OUT TODAY!! Shyam Benegal's MANTHAN
A new 4K restoration of this potent, political landmark in Indian independent filmmaking, a powerful exploration of gender, class, and caste inequalities. A testament to the enduring power of cinema to inspire social change. www.secondrundvd.com/release_mant...

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Venice 2025 | The Real Thing Under the marble, the brick: on “The Smashing Machine,” “The Wizard of the Kremlin,” and more.

on the venice film festival, for mubi notebook: mubi.com/en/notebook/...

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🏠 The Parental Home 🏡

Join me and my special guest, film critic @phuonghhle.com, for a double bill of BABUL aka FATHER’S HOUSE (1950) & OUR MOTHER’S HOUSE (1967) at Close-Up Film Centre on SAT 20 SEP 2025

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Stunning artwork by @bturnerinfo.bsky.social

come to the cinema for Schanelec's minimalist take on melodrama – and my little introduction about that, cinematic Arianes, and an image of happiness – this Saturday >> ica.art/my-sisters-g...

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I adore Stéphane Ly-Cuong's charming musical comedy IN THE NGUYEN KITCHEN, a rare chance to see the Vietnamese-French diaspora portrayed with so much heart and soul. Book here for a screening and a filmmaker Q&A this Saturday at Ciné Lumière, moderated by me! tinyurl.com/9972a3zj

thrilled to confirm Pia Frankenberg will now be joining, in person, for a post-screening Q&A on Friday 19 September! www.ica.art/frankenberg-...

“Hollywood has been very timid these days”: Terry Gilliam on his 50-year directing career From the dystopian visions of Brazil and Twelve Monkeys to the surreal odyssey of The Fisher King, Terry Gilliam has spent half a century defying cinematic convention. In this wide-ranging interview,...

Went to Terry Gilliam’s house. The result of our 95-minute chat is this career interview, which clocks in at just under 5,000 words and is the longest single piece of written journalism I’ve had published in my career. www.bfi.org.uk/interviews/t...

Our biggest project of the year so far... Our ZOLTÁN HUSZÁRIK Box Set has landed!! A thing of beauty! Special pre-order webstore price £34.99 - out 28 July tinyurl.com/msbzx6zv Also Amazon UK tinyurl.com/5bfmtrhp + @rarewaves.bsky.social @diabolikdvd.bsky.social

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In Dreams: The Atomic Reveries of The Return In this exclusive essay, Amy Taubin explores the surrealist dreamscapes of The Return’s extraordinary eighth episode, tracing a line from Alfred Hitchcock’s Rebecca to the nuclear reveries of the Amer...

This is a dazzling piece by Amy Taubin on the eighth episode of David Lynch’s “Twin Peaks: The Return.” It’s criticism at its absolute finest. @amyornot.bsky.social

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Publications Manager MUBI is looking for an enthusiastic Publications Manager to contribute to and further strengthen the running of MUBI Editions.

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Happy publication day to Read Frame Type Film: Or, Written on the Screen, our first ever MUBI Editions title! Please seek out this mammoth, beautiful thing, so carefully thought-out, written, and designed by three brilliant collaborators
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'The History Of Sound' review: Paul Mescal gets back to breaking hearts Paul Mescal stars as a musical prodigy opposite Josh O'Connor in director Oliver Hermanus' intensely moving period piece

It seems I’m pretty against the flow with this one but so what? Loved The History of Sound, a film that moved me like few others. Here’s my review. www.nme.com/reviews/film...

MUBI has acquired Lynne Ramsey’s Die, My Love after its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival ✨

Starring Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson, the film will be released in theaters later this year.

Wong Kar Wai’s First TV Series ‘Blossoms Shanghai’ Is Finally Getting International Release Via Mubi Wong Kar Wai's epic drama series Shanghai Blossoms is finally getting an international release, via Mubi.

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Doing this column has been a joy over the past year, and now everyone will be able to read it for free and see why. If you find out you love it, I hope you’ll consider becoming a member and supporting Animus, it’s really cheap but would make all the difference for me and the writers 💙

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Elaine May’s Women: In Praise of the Loser Brunette To celebrate Elaine May’s birthday, a personal reflection on choosing to invest one’s intelligence in something other than seduction.

Amalia Ulman x Elaine May

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This is a great read if you haven’t already…

Prévert for Perverts: A Glossary of Dirty Discourse in Café Flesh As Stephen Sayadian's cult post-apocalyptic film Café Flesh premieres in a new 4K restoration, Daniel Bird offers a guided tour through some of its most memorable lines.

Thrilled to publish this on @animusmagazine.bsky.social ahead of the UK premiere at the ICA of the new 4K restoration of Stephen Sayadian's CAFÉ FLESH—a fantastic guide by Daniel Bird to the beautifully mad dialogue crafted by Sayadian and writer Jerry Stahl: animus-magazine.ghost.io/cafe-flesh-g...

Locarno Film Festival · Critics Academy The Locarno Critics Academy is an extensive workshop in film criticism that gives young writers a crucial entry point into the world of film festivals. During...

applications are open for the locarno critics academy. doing this and meeting everyone involved in 2017 gave me the confidence to write and work in and around film. and now @celizotte.bsky.social is on board too, so it’s even better now.

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Hieronymus Bosch with Lens Flares: Paul W. S. Anderson on “In the Lost Lands” The pulp-fiction auteur talks video-game adaptations, spaghetti westerns, and the geography of action cinema.

Had a chat with Paul W.S. Anderson about his new banger, In the Lost Lands.

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