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Scrappy low-budget filmmaking has a new kid on the block in actor, director, and writer Kit Zauhar. Zeroing in on an Asian-American student’s premature case of postgraduate drift, she brings an altogether different charm to independent cinema with her wry, plucky, and perceptive first film.

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In this seductively twisted, modern romantic thriller, obsession is taken to wondrous and vertiginous extremes. Without a doubt one of the most electrifying minds working in cinema today, Park Chan-wook won the Best Director award at Cannes for his sumptuous, Hitchcockian masterwork.

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Set in a sun-dappled retreat for women with nymphomania, this drama from the ever-dynamic Denis Côté was written with a sexologist but, distinctively, administers no decisive cure. Obsessions continue to ripple across the film’s waters, in a radical acceptance of how people live and find pleasure.

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Ahead of The Kingdom Exodus arriving exclusively on MUBI, we’re thrilled to present the first season of Lars von Trier’s cult TV phenomenon. Stunningly restored in never-before-seen versions, The Kingdom I is a wickedly funny supernatural mystery. Let the battle between good and evil commence!

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Mimicking the intoxicating power of the khat plant, Jessica Beshir's documentary on Ethiopia's drug trade is pure poetry. Black-and-white cinematography and enchanting landscapes evoke the fine line between the harshness of the harvest and the stupor of bliss.

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The then-unknown Swinton dominates the screen with her playfulness in Hogg's graduation short film, alluded to in the diptych The Souvenir. With influences ranging from German Expressionism to Technicolor daydreams, this fashion wonderland is a sartorial delight.

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David Cronenberg returns to biological horror in this body transformation story loaded with dark and humorous discussions of art and mortality. Provocative and starring Viggo Mortensen, Léa Seydoux and Kristen Stewart, Crimes of the Future is an ode to the seduction of the flesh.

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Turning to the grounding powers of nature and artistic solidarity, Lucrecia Martel’s documentary short carves a soulful reprieve from the uncertainties of the outside world. Vibrating through the woodlands of Salta, songs of freedom and resistance create a sonic haven against conservative doctrines.

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Blending elements of ghost stories with the hustle and bustle of city life, Hong Sung-eun's film scrutinizes the emotional security sought by city dwellers. On the border between loneliness and isolation, ALONERS depicts the tenderness beyond the monotony of lunches alone.

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Ahead of his hotly anticipated Marilyn Monroe biopic, Andrew Dominik transports us to an intimate, behind-the-scenes gig with legends Nick Cave and Warren Ellis. As cameras pan them in a hypnotic circle dance, this soaring concert film is a testament to the search for meaning amid darkness.

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The personal and the collective lyrically entwine in Alice Diop’s Berlinale prizewinner, lending an ear to the underrepresented voices of Paris’s maligned outskirts. A lattice of experiences where filming is akin to remembering, these everyday vignettes evoke the rich cultural tapestry of the city.

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Bursting with revolutionary fervor, Isabelle Solas’s documentary is a rallying cry against patriarchal and religious intolerance. Intimately intersectional in their embrace of body diversity, transfeminist activists in Argentina fight their tireless battles with courage, resilience, and radical joy.

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