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The Action Scene | Fluid Dynamics: The Experimental Action of Kensuke Sonomura
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Published: June 12, 2026 08:00
The Action Scene explores the form, history, and visceral power of action cinema through its set piecesClockwise from top-left: Hydra (Kensuke Sonomura, 2019), Baby Assassins: Nice Days (Yugo Sakamoto, 2024), The Furious (Kenji Tanigaki, 2026), Ninja…
Always Proceed and Go Forward: Koji Yakusho Reflects on His Career at 70
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Published: June 11, 2026 08:05
Illustration by Yuko Shimizu.The sun is shining in Udine this April. This small Italian castle town, a little over an hour’s drive north of Venice, is mostly recognized for its medieval piazzas and loggia; its enduring Serie A football team; and its…
MUBI Podcast | “Bend It Like Beckham”: Gurinder Chadha Shoots and Scores
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Published: June 11, 2026 08:00
On the opening day of the World Cup, we take a look and a listen to the soccer-centric sleeper Bend It Like Beckham (2001). Director Gurinder Chadha tells Rico about making her breakthrough rom-com about girl power, Indian-British identity, and…
Hiding Out in the Open: Marianne Jean-Baptiste in "Secrets & Lies"
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Published: June 8, 2026 08:00
Secrets & Lies (Mike Leigh, 1996).The woman in the black suit and gem earrings first appears as one among dozens of intoning faces captured from afar. Her calm eyes are fastened on a program, voice blended in hymn at the gravesite of the unidentified…
Times and Tides: Tsui Hark Discusses His Career
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Published: June 4, 2026 08:00
Illustration by Alix Pentecost Farren.There are few blockbuster filmmakers who are as industrious as Tsui Hark. A leading figure of the Hong Kong New Wave who has scaled the highest peaks of his national cinema, this prodigious multi-hyphenate has amassed…
MUBI Podcast: Encuentros | “Not Putting Cinema Before Life”
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Published: June 3, 2026 16:48
This episode reflects on the time a relationship needs to take shape in cinema—and on listening as an act of generosity and responsibility.Clarisa Navas is an Argentine filmmaker and screenwriter from the city of Corrientes. After directing several…
Rushes | Cannes Awards Announced, Pope Leo Cautions Against AI, The Academy Celebrates Theaters
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Published: June 3, 2026 09:00
Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. To keep up with our latest features, sign up for the Weekly Edit newsletter and follow us @mubinotebook on X and Instagram.NEWSThe Godfather Part III (Francis Ford Coppola, 1990)
At this year’s Cannes…
Being Powerless but Ethical in Erdoğan’s New Turkey: İlker Çatak’s “Yellow Letters”
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Published: June 1, 2026 08:00
Yellow Letters (İlker Çatak, 2026).İlker Çatak likes to follow his characters as they make tough choices about how to live their lives. We mostly enter his ethical tales in medias res. In his short film Fidelity (2014), a young doctor named Aslı (Sanem…
Primer | Veteran: The Action Films of Ryoo Seung-wan
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Published: May 29, 2026 08:00
Notebook Primer introduces vital figures, films, genres, and movements in film history.All images from films directed by Ryoo Seung-wan. Clockwise from top left: Crying Fist (2005), The City of Violence (2006), Humint (2026), Arahan (2004).South Korea has…
The Test of Time: “The Fast and the Furious” and Artavazd Pelechian at Cannes
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Published: May 28, 2026 07:00
1.The Fast and the Furious (Rob Cohen, 2001). Image courtesy of Universal Studios.There is a theorem that governs the Cannes Film Festival, one that, no matter how much we try to deny, always remains: the program, for good or for bad, will always find a…