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La Cocina

La Cocina

2024
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Starring Rooney Mara, Alonso Ruizpalacios’s ebullient vision of a bustling Times Square kitchen underlines the resilience of employees all too aware of cycles of exploitation. Powdery monochrome cinematography evokes dreaming, while spectacular forays into allegory let humanity shine through.

Now streaming exclusively on MUBI in the United States, United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany and Italy.

A fragmented, non-linear look at the elusive and peculiar nature of memory, this gorgeous and romantic, high-concept yet lo-fi/sci-fi cult classic could only come from the genius mind of Charlie Kaufman. Aching and ambitious filmmaking, of a kind rarely replicated.

Now streaming in India, Italy, United Kingdom, Ireland, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, France, Netherlands, Germany and Turkey.

With an artful eye and jazzy unpredictability, Kelly Reichardt unravels the threads of the heist film in this standout from Cannes. As an antihero kicking about on the brink of the ‘70s, Josh O’Connor is unmissable, lending rumpled discontent to this ironic, wry vision of American individualism.

Now streaming exclusively on MUBI (almost) globally. A MUBI Release.

Arguably portraying one of cinema’s most messed-up families ever, FESTEN is considered the first film made under the rules of the radical Dogme 95 movement. Thomas Vinterberg’s madcap time-bomb of latent secrets and repressed grudges makes any family dinner seem like a piece of cake.

Now streaming in Ireland, UK, France, Italy and Turkey, and in the US and Canada December 12.

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One hazard hides another in Mike Cheslik’s boldly lo-fi comedy, which tracks its hapless hero across a wintry cartoon-scape. Retrofitting video-game cadences to the practical genius of silent-era slapstick, this uproariously loopy film opens up a brave new world of sight gags and stuntwork.

Now streaming in the United States and Canada.

A tactile, elliptical polyphonic seance

Tension simmers until it reaches an explosive boil in Géla Babluani’s taut, atmospheric noir. Etched in stark monochrome, this story of a hard-on-his-luck Georgian immigrant and his struggles to support his family arches with unexpected twists. A triumph of diabolical filmmaking imagination.

Now streaming.

Evoking the verdant loneliness of BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN Francis Lee’s exceptional debut is an intimate queer love story that movingly softens the harsh edges of rural farm life. Tempestuous and carnal, the sizzling chemistry between Josh O’Connor (THE HISTORY OF SOUND) and Alec Secareanu sets fire to societal prejudices.

Now streaming.