MUBI Podcast

The first BABE was a family-friendly megahit. So for the sequel, why did director George Miller thrust his sweet porcine hero into a family-unfriendly nightmare?  Host Rico Gagliano takes a trot down the mean streets of BABE: PIG IN THE CITY, telling the story of its rise and box-office fall with the help of guests including Farmer Hoggett himself, James Cromwell (SUCCESSION), and voice-of-Babe E.G. Daily (PEE-WEE’S BIG ADVENTURE). The latest season of The MUBI Podcast – BOX OFFICE POISON — dives into six visionary films... that were also notorious flops. Inspired by the new book of the same name by Tim Robey, film critic for The Telegraph, every episode is a wild ride through a great movie's rise, and fall, and rise. The Short Films Big Names [https://mubi.com/en/nl/collections/short-films-big-names] collection is now streaming on MUBI. To watch some of the films we've covered on the podcast, check out the collection Featured on the MUBI Podcast [https://mubi.com/specials/mubi-podcast]. Availability of films varies depending on your country. MUBI is a global streaming service, production company and film distributor dedicated to elevating great cinema. MUBI makes, acquires, curates, and champions extraordinary films, connecting them to audiences all over the world. A place to discover ambitious new films and singular voices, from iconic directors to emerging auteurs. Each carefully chosen by MUBI’s curators.

In the mid-’70s, legendary director William Friedkin — fresh off THE EXORCIST — helicoptered into South America with tens of millions of dollars… and emerged with malaria and a bleak, thrilling masterpiece called SORCERER. The only problem was the competition: A little movie called STAR WARS. Host Rico Gagliano tells the story of how SORCERER crashed and burned at the box office — with help from the film’s screenwriter Walon Green (THE WILD BUNCH), Oscar-winning producer Mark Johnson (THE HOLDOVERS), and more. The latest season of The MUBI Podcast – BOX OFFICE POISON — dives into six visionary films... that were also notorious flops. Inspired by the new book of the same name by Tim Robey, film critic for The Telegraph, every episode is a wild ride through a great movie's rise, and fall, and rise.  BIRD [https://mubi.com/en/bird] is now showing in theaters across the US, UK, Canada and Ireland. Visit mubi.com/bird [https://mubi.com/en/bird] for showtimes and tickets. COW [https://mubi.com/en/gb/films/cow-2021] is streaming on MUBI in many countries. You can also check out our special episode with Andrea Arnold about the film - listen here [https://www.buzzsprout.com/admin/1788738/episodes/10045386-in-andrea-arnold-s-cow-audiences-find-themselves]. To stream some of the films we've covered on the podcast, check out the collection Featured on the MUBI Podcast [https://mubi.com/specials/mubi-podcast]. Availability of films varies depending on your country. Check out the latest MUBI Podcast Expanded piece - an exclusive preface to Tim Robey's book, Box Office Poison [https://www.faber.co.uk/product/9780571381203-box-office-poison/], which inspired this season. Read the article here [https://mubi.com/en/notebook/posts/mubi-podcast-expanded-box-office-poison]. MUBI is a global streaming service, production company and film distributor dedicated to elevating great cinema. MUBI makes, acquires, curates, and champions extraordinary films, connecting them to audiences all over the world. A place to discover ambitious new films and singular voices, from iconic directors to emerging auteurs. Each carefully chosen by MUBI’s curators.

Director Kyle Edward Ball had a nightmare as a child: "I was in my parents’ house, my parents were missing, and there was a monster." Turns out, this is a nightmare a lot of people have had. After honing this craft on his YouTube channel, he finally made his film… and then it leaked online.  Joined by Ball himself and Dread Central’s editor-in-chief MaryBeth McAndrews [https://www.dreadcentral.com/author/marybeth/], Anna explores how SKINAMARINK [https://mubi.com/en/gb/films/skinamarink] became the perfect haunted house movie for the internet age. Season 6, titled Haunted Homes, explores how haunted house movies have mirrored our relationship with our homes. Each episode visits a horror movie that changed the way we imagine a haunted house, from the crumbling Gothic mansions to white picket fences, what it says about the people who live in the houses and what scares them the most.   Guest written and hosted by Anna Bogutskaya. Find her book on horror films and feelings, FEEDING THE MONSTER [https://linktr.ee/feedingthemonster], online and in all good bookshops. You can also listen to her horror film history podcast The Final Girls [https://thefinalgirlspodcast.transistor.fm/episodes] and subscribe to her movie newsletter Admit One [https://substack.com/@admitone]. THE SUBSTANCE [https://mubi.com/en/gb/films/the-substance] is now showing in theaters across the US, UK, Latin America, Germany, Canada and Netherlands and streaming exclusively on MUBI. SKINAMARINK [https://mubi.com/en/gb/films/skinamarink] is now streaming on MUBI in Latin America. To watch some of the films we've covered on the podcast, check out the collection Featured on the MUBI Podcast [https://mubi.com/specials/mubi-podcast]. Availability of films varies depending on your country. After listening, check out our piece that explores the visual aesthetics of Skinamarink (2022), "Digital Impressionism: Cinema between Figuration and Abstraction". Read the article here [https://mubi.com/en/notebook/posts/digital-impressionism-cinema-between-figuration-and-abstraction]. MUBI is a global streaming service, production company and film distributor dedicated to elevating great cinema. MUBI makes, acquires, curates, and champions extraordinary films, connecting them to audiences all over the world. A place to discover ambitious new films and singular voices, from iconic directors to emerging auteurs. Each carefully chosen by MUBI’s curators.

Few films have garnered the rabid, cult following over the years is a sight to behold. Giant cats. Talking houses. Heads coming out of wells. The images might be familiar, but the story behind the film is less so. The debut feature from experimental filmmaker Nobuhiko Obayashi was done in collaboration with his 10-year-old daughter. Season 6, titled Haunted Homes, explores how haunted house movies have mirrored our relationship with our homes. Each episode visits a horror movie that changed the way we imagine a haunted house, from the crumbling Gothic mansions to white picket fences, what it says about the people who live in the houses and what scares them the most.   Guest written and hosted by Anna Bogutskaya. Find her book on horror films and feelings, FEEDING THE MONSTER [https://linktr.ee/feedingthemonster], online and in all good bookshops. You can also listen to her horror film history podcast The Final Girls [https://thefinalgirlspodcast.transistor.fm/episodes] and subscribe to her movie newsletter Admit One [https://substack.com/@admitone]. A PLACE WITHOUT FEAR [https://mubi.com/en/gb/films/a-place-without-fear] is now streaming exclusively on MUBI globally.  MUBI is a global streaming service, production company and film distributor dedicated to elevating great cinema. MUBI makes, acquires, curates, and champions extraordinary films, connecting them to audiences all over the world. A place to discover ambitious new films and singular voices, from iconic directors to emerging auteurs. Each carefully chosen by MUBI’s curators.

The most famous haunted house in America is a large Dutch Colonial family home that became a bestseller, super-successful horror movie and a franchise that has spawned over 60 movies (and counting). And it’s all based…on a con. Together with horror critic Jenn Addams [https://linktr.ee/jennferatu], FANGORIA [https://www.fangoria.com/] editor-in-chief Phil Nobile Jr. and Bloody Disgusting critic Joe Lipsett, who is possibly the only person in the world to have watched all the Amityville films, guest host Anna tracks how one haunted house movie became a modern folk story. Season 6, titled Haunted Homes, explores how haunted house movies have mirrored our relationship with our homes. Each episode visits a horror movie that changed the way we imagine a haunted house, from the crumbling Gothic mansions to white picket fences, what it says about the people who live in the houses and what scares them the most.   Guest written and hosted by Anna Bogutskaya. Find her book on horror films and feelings, FEEDING THE MONSTER [https://linktr.ee/feedingthemonster], online and in all good bookshops. You can also listen to her horror film history podcast The Final Girls [https://thefinalgirlspodcast.transistor.fm/episodes] and subscribe to her movie newsletter Admit One [https://substack.com/@admitone]. To watch some of the films we've covered on the podcast, check out the collection Featured on the MUBI Podcast [https://mubi.com/specials/mubi-podcast]. Availability of films varies depending on your country. Read all of Joe’s Amityville IP reviews HERE [https://bloody-disgusting.com/tag/the-amityville-ip/]. MUBI is a global streaming service, production company and film distributor dedicated to elevating great cinema. MUBI makes, acquires, curates, and champions extraordinary films, connecting them to audiences all over the world. A place to discover ambitious new films and singular voices, from iconic directors to emerging auteurs. Each carefully chosen by MUBI’s curators.