MUBI Exclusives | January-February 2020

[94bd244d-64c8-445b-9a3f-54c114ec422f.png] New Year, New Exclusives Start 2020 with fresh films from around the globe—and you can only see them on MUBI. Rediscovered [THE COW]( Dariush Mehrjui — Now Showing Luminaries [ETHER]( Krzysztof Zanussi — Starts January 29 *Curator spotlight below! Debuts [A FAMILY SUBMERGED]( María Alché — Starts February 6 The New Auteurs [THE PLAGIARISTS]( Peter Parlow — Starts February 13 Luminaries [THE STAGGERING GIRL]( Luca Guadagnino — Starts February 15 Viewfinder [BUOYANCY]( Rodd Rathjen — Starts February 19 Curator Spotlight "It is a great honor of ours to be able to advocate for powerful voices in cinema not just once, but over time, building a relationship between their work and our audience. In 2018 we presented a retrospective devoted to the great Krzysztof Zanussi, who, along with Andrzej Wajda and Roman Polanski, is one of the leading figures of an iconic generation of Polish filmmakers. Now we are thrilled to present the master’s latest, ETHER, a sinister drama set during the First World War about a doctor who wants to push science—and the human body—to the very limit. Rigorously inquisitive and inventively discursive, ETHER continues Zanussi’s exploration of the human intellect in a brilliant new context. Behind the gruesome battlefields of WWI we find a drama that intertwines the mad scientist hubris of Frankenstein with the mythical dreams (and curse) of the Faust legend. We also see the emergence of a new culture of modern science: a new god to worship that has the potential to win all wars and perhaps rule the world. It is not a large leap from the experiments undertaken by the film’s doctor to the horrors perpetrated by the Nazis. Nor is it a large leap to see in the doctor’s science-solves-all idealism, which has no fear of consequences, a connection to today’s obsession with apps, automation, and machine learning as an unquestionable march of progress. ETHER's enthralling story may be set at a specific place and time, but the greater tale it tells is one whose relevance touches all of the 20th century and our very modern present. It is such ambition and scope that marks the films of Zanussi as essential viewing." — Daniel Kasman, Director of Content  ​ With the support of Creative Europe –MEDIA Programme of the European Union 6eb99d7f-321e-4dfe-b2c2-a8ebf5237ee7.png [e8344b65-97b1-4509-ad86-d1ff0a6ac6c0.png]( [80c23f8a-4173-484d-86e8-88f1dbc6f886.png]( [6f3c5351-5db7-4814-8ad0-72a206ca03a6.png]( [d7ee884a-908c-42f6-801b-98e853974a35.png]( You are receiving this email because you registered a MUBI user account. [Update your preferences]( or unsubscribe from [all]( emails.