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Johnnie To: Men on a Mission
MUBI showcases Hong Kong genre maestro Johnnie To with a three-film series dedicated to his thrilling stories of men driven to the extreme. Working with legendary French singer and actor Johnny Hallyday, Vengeance audaciously mixes revenge with memory loss; Triad Election traces the complex loyalties of Triad gangs and the criminal promise of mainland China; and Mad Detective revels in the wacky side of the director with its goofy tale of a cop solving crimes through his multiple personalities.
Vengeance — August 12
Mad Detective — August 19
Triad Election — August 26
City Symphonies
The genre of the city symphony was ushered into glorious existence with Walter Ruttmann’s stunning Weimar-era documentary ode to Berlin. Different cities, though, demand different kinds of exploration. In addition to Ruttman’s poetic tribute, MUBI presents wildly inventive and divergent portraits of Los Angeles (by Thom Andersen), Macao (João Pedro Rodrigues, João Rui Guerra da Mata), and Winnipeg (who else but Guy Maddin?).
Berlin: Symphony of a Great City — August 6
Los Angeles Plays Itself — August 20
The Last Time I Saw Macao — August 27
My Winnipeg — September 3
Summer Favorite
Certified Copy — August 10
Starring the ever-radiant Juliette Binoche, Abbas Kiarostami’s Certified Copy is a beguiling, brain-teasing romance. As a deceptively simple relationship morphs into something more complex, it keeps you guessing at every turn.
Freedom & Defiance: The Cinema of Lou Ye — Exclusive
One of the foremost cinematic iconoclasts in contemporary China, Lou Ye’s films resist his native country’s moral and political criteria in the name of giving voice to the oppressed and those who choose to boldly defy the state. Previously banned from his country for five years for having confronted the subject of the Tiananmen Square protests in Summer Palace, Lou Ye has persisted onwards with a rare political bravery to express an always complicated cinematic vision of youth, romance and modernity in China and beyond.
Purple Butterfly — August 4
Summer Palace — August 11
Love and Bruises — August 18
Mystery — August 25
Direct from Locarno
MUBI celebrates the world’s most cutting-edge film festival with two selections from Locarno 2017. This year’s event runs August 1–11.
Meteors — August 2
Le Fort de Fous — August 5
Global Exclusives
A Cambodian Spring — August 13 — Exclusive
Straight from this year’s Human Rights Watch Film Festival, A Cambodian Spring follows three activists over six years as they speak out against the injustices taking place all around them. With Cambodia’s next elections taking place July 29, the film presents a timely and essential analysis of the chaos and violence shaping the country. Winner of the Special Jury Prize for International Feature Documentary at Hot Docs 2017.
Djon África — August 17 — Exclusive
The fiction feature debut from João Miller Guerra and Filipa Reis, Djon África tells the tale of a young Portuguese Rastafarian on a mission to trace his roots in the Cape Verde islands. A charming, atmospheric hit at Rotterdam this year, the film was written by Pedro Pinho (The Nothing Factory).
Canada’s Next Generation
MUBI continues its tribute to new Canadian cinema in August, with selections reflecting the talent and ambitious style of Canada’s youngest generation of filmmakers. Next month’s program includes Hugh Gibson’s exquisite, deeply human documentary The Stairs, as well as Maison du Bonheur, a resplendent portrait of a Parisian woman that will open at the Metrograph in New York Friday, August 24.
The Stairs — August 9
Historytelling — August 15
The Art of Speech — August 16
Mass for Shut-Ins — August 23
Maison du Bonheur — August 30
