I discovered film in my mid-twenties. Of course, I visited the cinema now and again to see the latest flick with friends, but I didn’t have much of a clue. I only really got into movies when I started studying at art school and a tutor recommended Mubi, a streaming service for curated films. Launched in 2007, the platform not only serves a new film every day, but distributes and produces features too. I signed up and discovered a whole new world. Actually: thousands of new worlds. I discovered directors, genres, writers and actors. I discovered stories: short, long, narrative, abstract, documentary. I started to understand what cinema can really be. How big and important and magical. Mubi serves these scenes, stories and universes right to your sofa, but the service doesn’t neglect the big screen experience: in collaboration with cinema chain Yorck, you’ll currently receive a free movie ticket every week as part of your subscription (exclusive to Berlin). The selection changes every seven days and includes latest releases curated by the Mubi editorial team such as Charlotte Wells’s “Aftersun” (last screenings tonight, 22.12.2022) and “The Pale Blue Eye” by Scott Cooper (from Friday, 23.12). You can book the tickets using the Mubi Goapp. A Mubi subscription can also be bought as a gift – ideal for a last-minute Christmas present. “We just have two hours to change people’s lives,” American filmmaker John Cassavetes once said. In this case it’s two hours every week.
Text: Hilka Dirks / Photos: Savannah van der Niet & Daniel Horn for Yorck
You can see the current Mubi programme online here and find out more about Mubi Go here.
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