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MUBI Podcast

The MUBI Podcast is an audio documentary series about great cinema–how it happens and how it brings people together. Each season, host Rico Gagliano deep dives into a different facet of the film world, from history making cinemas to legendary needle drops.

It has been twice named Best Arts or Entertainment Podcast in the L.A. Press Club’s 2022 and 2023 National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards. It was nominated for a 2022 Webby Award for Best Individual Podcast Episode - TV or Film, and for Best New Podcast at the 2022 British Podcast Awards. Most recently, the series was nominated for Best Entertainment Show and Best Scriptwriting (Non-fiction) at the 2023 Ambie Awards.

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Podcasting since 2021 • 61 episodes

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SPEED RACER — The Wachowskis go full throttle

After THE MATRIX and V FOR VENDETTA, the Wachowskis were ready to turn from darkness, into the bright, bright candy-colored light. The result was SPEED RACER, an eyepopping postmodern explosion that honored the gravity-defying spi...

December 19, 2024 • Season 7 • Episode 6 • 30:46

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SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK — Charlie Kaufman’s movie of a lifetime

When screenwriter Charlie Kaufman started making his epic, heartbreaking directorial debut SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK, he was the toast of Hollywood. Then it flopped, put a pause on his career, and arguably marked the end of the heady “...

December 12, 2024 • Season 7 • Episode 5 • 35:37

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THE HUDSUCKER PROXY — The Coen Brothers fall from a great height

In 1994, indie darlings the Coen Brothers went for the big time with a playful pastiche of classic Hollywood movies that pulled out every visual and comedic stop… and still crashed and burned at the box office. Host Rico Gagliano tells t...

December 05, 2024 • Season 7 • Episode 4 • 34:29

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SYLVIA SCARLETT — Katharine Hepburn pays for her transgressions

It’s hard to imagine Katharine Hepburn as anything but a Hollywood icon. But in 1935, director George Cukor’s dreamy, gender-fluid comedy SYLVIA SCARLETT derailed her career for years. Host Rico Gagliano tells the story of ...

November 28, 2024 • Season 7 • Episode 3 • 37:30

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BABE: PIG IN THE CITY — George Miller makes one for the grownups

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 CI...

November 21, 2024 • Season 7 • Episode 2 • 35:05

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