LIVING IN BONDAGE fast-forwards the Nigerian film industry
One of the world’s most prolific film industries was founded on the success of a direct-to-video film distributed on VHS cassettes. Host Rico Gagliano learns the history of LIVING IN BONDAGE — the in...
24 Jun 202136min
Brazil dances the (metaphorical) samba with DONA FLOR AND HER TWO HUSBANDS
In the mid-70s, in the midst of a military dictatorship, a Brazilian filmmaker barely out of his teens brought a beloved magical realist story about food, sex and happy compromises to the screen... an...
17 Jun 202139min
India's 25-year (and counting) marriage to DDLJ
The longest-running film in Bollywood history, 1995's DILWALE DULHANIA LE JAYENGE (aka DDLJ) caught the imagination of a country in transition and practically created a new Bollywood subgenre. Rico ge...
10 Jun 202139min
Paul Verhoeven’s TURKISH DELIGHT ignites the Netherlands
To get a deeper idea of what makes his favorite country tick, Rico dives into Paul Verhoeven’s wild sophomore feature TURKISH DELIGHT — the biggest home-grown box office hit in the history of the Neth...
3 Jun 202139min
MUBI Podcast: Season One Trailer
Coming soon. The MUBI Podcast. Subscribe now and tune in June 3. Hosted by Rico Gagliano, the first season of the MUBI Podcast focuses on movies that have great importance in their home country, but ...
25 Mai 20211min
