Why is it so hard to meet people who share the same love for Antonioni?
Why do films on the internet just look awful?
Why are we talking as if we were John Cusack in ‘High Fidelity’?
These are the driving questions that led to the invention of “The Auteurs”, now known asMubi.
They’re good questions, too.
For starters, lets look at the social networking aspect of Mubi.
This is a place for cinephiles to connect and share thoughts on the very best movies.
Mubi is designed to be the online coffee-shop for dissecting your favourite movies.
This brings us to another defining aspect of Mubi.
What makes a good movie?
As they say, popular doesn’t always mean good.
I think they’re on to something here.
Then either review the movie, save it for consideration later or watch it straight away.
Some movies are free, while others cost money.
Mubi can also be linked to Twitter or Facebook if you’re keen to share your activities.
TheFilms/Watch/Newtabs provide easy access to new movies to watch.
Mubi’smovie listpage allows users to be curators of movies and of other people’s movie lists.
It’s a gold mine for exploration.
The curated areas are even more interesting.
Thefestivalsection lists a handful of top film festivals and features movies playing at those festivals.
Watch films currently playing at Cannes or the most recent Sundance festival.
These festival pages also collect and display related forum posts, so you could easily join the conversation.
TheNotebooktab provides a blog of professional movie reviews and cinematic news.
It’s yet another great way to find new movies and to generally keep up with film releases.
Through partnerships, Mubi is sometimes able to offer specific movies for a month or so of screening.
They’ve collected these as a sort of online film festival and made them available through their cinema page.
Again, sometimes they’re free and sometimes they’re not.
It’s worth having a look all the same.
June 2010 has a cinema collection curated by Martin Scorsese showing free movies from the World Cinema Foundation.
And how’s this for a vote of confidence?
Martin Scorsese is actually a member of Mubi.
Not to be missed if you’re hunting for movies.
My experience with the player so far has been great.
Oh yeah, why Mubi?
I have a scary suspicion it’s something to do with Clerks II (kidding!).
What do you think of Mubi (a.k.a.
Is an independent cinema social web connection something you have dreamed of for years?
What do you think of the name change?
Let us know what you think.
