Carl Roberts 
Dive into the world of MUBI, where every film is handpicked for quality and artistic merit. Discover your next favourite film.
MUBI has revealed the details of new titles and themed collections coming to the platform throughout April 2025. Winner of the Best Director award at the Cannes Film Festival, MUBI release Miguel Gomes’s Grand Tour is debuting on the platform on 18 April. It is complemented by the Travelogue Collection led by Charlotte Vandermeersch and Felix van Groeningen’s breathtaking The Eight Mountains. Also this month, MUBI are delighted to have the streaming exclusive of Gia Coppola’s The Last Showgirl starring Pamela Anderson. And Haley Elizabeth Anderson’s Tendaberry.
The Animated Desires collection features eight playful, provocative and wildly inventive shorts, beginning with Bug Diner on 1 April. And finally, to celebrate the release of Joshua Oppenheimer’s post-apocalyptic musical The End, MUBI has curated a selection of films set in dystopian worlds, including John Carpenter’s Escape from New York and Jeunet & Caro’s Delicatessen.
MUBI RELEASES: GRAND TOUR
From visionary Portuguese director Miguel Gomes (Tabu, Arabian Nights) comes Grand Tour (2024). A dazzling, continent-spanning odyssey blending romance, screwball comedy, and lush visual storytelling. Winner of the Best Director award at the 77th Cannes Film Festival. And Portugal’s official submission for the Academy-Awards® Grand Tour takes audiences on a whirlwind pursuit through colonial Asia. Interweaving archival footage with stunning 16mm cinematography.
In 1917, British civil servant Edward abruptly abandons his fiancée, Molly, on the day of her arrival in Burma. Unwilling to accept his flight, the fiercely independent Molly embarks on a breathtaking chase across multiple cities. Determined to confront the man who left her behind. As their paths crisscross through a rapidly shifting world, Grand Tour reinvents the spirit of classic screwball comedies. Infusing it with Gomes’ signature blend of humour, melancholy, and cinematic wonder.
Grand Tour (Gomes, 2024) – 18 April
LATEST & GREATEST: THE LAST SHOWGIRL
In Gia Coppola’s compassionate character portrait, The Last Showgirl (2024), veteran showgirl Shelly (Pamela Anderson) must suddenly devise a future for herself after her stage show, La Razzle Dazzle, abruptly comes to an end. For Shelly, the show is an ode to a sorely missed epoch of glamour and sophistication that she has dedicated 30 years of her life to. But in doing so, she has created a strained relationship with her daughter. With the future uncertain, can Shelly honour her art while reconstructing a life with her daughter?
Shot in a hazy 16mm, the camera’s dreamlike quality mirrors Shelly’s current position in the world. And while the myriad close-ups leave her vulnerable, Coppola never judges but presents the nuances of motherhood with intimacy and poignant understanding. All delivered with dazzling tenderness by Pamela Anderson, whose raw performance has heralded a major comeback for her. And gained both BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations for Best Actress.
The Last Showgirl (Coppola, 2024) – 18 April
LATEST & GREATEST: TENDABERRY
Marking Haley Elizabeth Anderson as a bold new voice in independent cinema. Tendaberry (2024) is a raw and poetic reflection on womanhood, survival, and identity in an ever-changing world. Premiering at the Sundance Film Festival, where it was nominated for the Next Innovator Award, the film offers an urgent, deeply personal portrait of resilience and womanhood. Set against the backdrop of a shifting New York City.
As her boyfriend returns to Ukraine to care for his ailing father, 23-year-old Dakota must navigate life on her own in post-pandemic Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. Moving between precarious jobs and uncertain futures, she grapples with love, loss, and self-sufficiency in a city that both holds her and leaves her adrift. A deeply intimate, visually rich meditation on womanhood, immigrant identity, and modern America. Tendaberry captures the complex intersections of the personal and political with lyrical sensitivity.
Tendaberry (Anderson, 2024) – 25 April
ANIMATED DESIRES
Lust, fantasy, and pleasure take bold new forms in Animated Desires. A collection of playful, provocative, and wildly inventive shorts exploring sexuality through the boundless possibilities of animation. It features works mostly by women and LGBTQ+ filmmakers. This collection spans styles and decades, from pioneering erotica to contemporary expressions of self-exploration, longing, and liberation. Pushing beyond the constraints of live-action and using animation to capture the unconscious, the unspoken, and the unrestrained. Animated Desires celebrates self-expression in all its animated glory.
Bug Diner (Hart, 2024) – April 1
Desire Pie (Crafts, 1977) – April 15
Asparagus (Pitt, 1979) – April 15
Tram (Pavlátová, 2012) – April 15
Pussy (Gąsiorowska, 2016) – April 15
#21XOXO (Sine Özbilge, 2019) – April 15
Toomas Beneath the Valley of the Wild Wolves (Lundgren & Ivezić, 2019) – April 15
Nun or Never! (Jäälinoja, 2023) – April 15
AFTER THE END: POST-APOCALYPTIC CINEMA
Gritty, probing, and exhilarating dystopian worlds often serve as a warning to humanity, a series of “what-if” questions inspiring us to reflect on humanity and the choices we make. Our After the End: Post-Apocalyptic Cinema contends with these questions with a series of films united in essence but eclectic in style, just in time for MUBI’s upcoming cinematic release of Joshua Oppenheimer’s post-apocalyptic musical, The End (2024) on 28 March.
From genre maestro John Carpenter comes the anarchic Escape from New York (1991), set in an alternative Manhattan where crime rates have soared so high that the island has become a walled-off prison. Within this prison, outlaw Snake Plissken (Kurt Russell) strikes a deal with the U.S. government: to extract the president safely if he wishes to stay alive. Meanwhile, Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro’s darkly comic Delicatessen (1991) is set in a world where food has become so scarce that a butcher turned landlord exploits his tenants via truly grotesque means…
Escape from New York (Carpenter, 1991) – April 1
Delicatassen (Jeunet & Caro, 1991) – April 15
Time of the Wolf (Haneke, 2003) – April 15
The Road (Hillcoat, 2009) – April 15
O-Bi, O-Ba: The End Of Civilization (Szulkin, 1984) – Now Streaming
Monsters (Edwards, 2010) – Now Streaming
TRAVELOGUE
Blazing the trail for our Travelogue collection comes Charlotte Vandermeersch and Felix van Groeningen’s breathtaking The Eight Mountains (2022). An epic account of the friendship between two men over three decades as they traverse the rugged landscapes of the Alps. After their childhood adventures in a small mountain village, the two friends are separated for years. Only later do they reunite as adults to rebuild a hut on land Pietro inherits from his father. Leading them to confront their past and reconnect with the land that shaped their bond. From these soaring peaks to the romantic voyage across Asia at the core of Grand Tour (2024), these films form a cinematic travelogue, charting not only physical odysseys but internally transformative ones too.
The Eight Mountains (Groeningen & Vandermeersch, 2022) – April 4
Grand Tour (Gomes, 2024) – 18 April
Meeting the Man: James Baldwin in Paris (Dixon, 1970) – Now Streaming
Alice in the Cities (Wenders, 1974) – Now Streaming
The Fall (Singh, 2006) – Now Streaming
On the Road (Salles, 2012) – Now Streaming
Thursday Till Sunday (Castillo, 2012) – Now Streaming
Gasoline Rainbow (Ross Brothers, 2023) – Now Streaming
Pepe (de los Santos Arias, 2024) – Now Streaming
MUBI UK & IRELAND APRIL 2025
01/04/2025 | Bug Diner | Phoebe Jane Hart | Animated Desires Collection
01/04/2025 | Delicatessen | Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Marc Caro | After The End: Post-Apocalyptic Cinema
01/04/2025 | Escape from New York | John Carpenter | After The End: Post-Apocalyptic Cinema
01/04/2025 | The Road | John Hillcoat | After The End: Post-Apocalyptic Cinema
01/04/2025 | Time of the Wolf | Michael Haneke | After The End: Post-Apocalyptic Cinema
04/04/2025 | The Eight Mountains | Felix Van Groeningen, Charlotte Vandermeersch | Travelogue
04/04/2025 | The Bling Ring | Sofia Coppola
15/04/2025 | Desire Pie | Lisa Crafts | Animated Desires
15/04/2025 | Asparagus | Susan Pitt | Animated Desires
15/04/2025 | Tram | Michaela Pavlátová | Animated Desires
15/04/2025 | Pussy | Renata Gąsiorowska | Animated Desires
15/04/2025 | #21X0X0 | Sine Özbilge, Imge Özbilge | Animated Desires
15/04/2025 | Toomas Beneath the Valley of the Wild Wolves | Chintis Lundgren, Draško Ivezić | Animated Desires
15/04/2025 | Nun or Never! | Heta Jäälinoja| Animated Desires
18/04/2025 | The Last Showgirl | Gia Coppola | Latest & Greatest
18/04/2025 | Grand Tour | Miguel Gomes | MUBI Releases
25/04/2025 | Haley Elizabeth Anderson | Latest & Greatest
Why not sign up for MUBI? Get the best classic, new and alternate movies right at your fingertips!
Introducing Carl! As the News Editor at Future of the Force, Carl has been an invaluable member of our team since early 2016. His expertise and dedication have made him an integral part of our editorial staff. Beyond his professional role, Carl is a fervent supporter of Liverpool F.C. and an avid follower of pop culture. He has a deep passion for Halloween, Friday the 13th, and the iconic movie franchises Star Wars and Star Trek.
He can be found either at his neighborhood cinema, enjoying the latest releases on the big screen, or at home streaming the newest blockbuster movies.
