Sibling duo Hal and Harper are best friends, and have been ever since they lost their mother as children. But is there such a thing as being too close? And when your family is your life raft, what does it look like to let go? Cooper Raiff, the writer, director and star of the TV series HAL &amp; HARPER tells guest host Simran Hans why he had to get Lili Reinhart to play his big sister, and how he summoned his inner 7 year old to play Hal.All episodes of <a href='https://mubi.com/series/hal-harper'>HAL &amp; HARPER</a> are now streaming on MUBI in the US, Latin America and FranceTo stream some of the films we&apos;ve covered on the podcast, check out the collection <a href='https://mubi.com/specials/mubi-podcast'>Featured on the MUBI Podcast</a>. Availability of films varies depending on your country.MUBI is a global streaming service, production company and film distributor dedicated to elevating great cinema. MUBI makes, acquires, curates, and champions extraordinary films, connecting them to audiences all over the world. A place to discover ambitious new films and singular voices, from iconic directors to emerging auteurs. Each carefully chosen by MUBI’s curators.

<description>&lt;p&gt;Sibling duo Hal and Harper are best friends, and have been ever since they lost their mother as children. But is there such a thing as being too close? And when your family is your life raft, what does it look like to let go? &lt;b&gt;Cooper Raiff&lt;/b&gt;, the writer, director and star of the TV series HAL &amp;amp; HARPER tells guest host Simran Hans why he had to get Lili Reinhart to play his big sister, and how he summoned his inner 7 year old to play Hal.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;All episodes of &lt;a href='https://mubi.com/series/hal-harper'&gt;&lt;b&gt;HAL &amp;amp; HARPER&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; are now streaming on MUBI in the US, Latin America and France&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;To stream some of the films we&amp;apos;ve covered on the podcast, check out the collection &lt;a href='https://mubi.com/specials/mubi-podcast'&gt;&lt;b&gt;Featured on the MUBI Podcast&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. Availability of films varies depending on your country.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;MUBI is a global streaming service, production company and film distributor dedicated to elevating great cinema. MUBI makes, acquires, curates, and champions extraordinary films, connecting them to audiences all over the world. A place to discover ambitious new films and singular voices, from iconic directors to emerging auteurs. Each carefully chosen by MUBI’s curators.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Sibling duo Hal and Harper are best friends, and have been ever since they lost their mother as children. But is there such a thing as being too close? And when your family is your life raft, what does it look like to let go? Cooper Raiff, the writer, director and star of the TV series HAL &amp; HARPER tells guest host Simran Hans why he had to get Lili Reinhart to play his big sister, and how he summoned his inner 7 year old to play Hal. All episodes of HAL &amp; HARPER are now streaming on ...

HAL & HARPER — Cooper Raiff comes unstuck

Ex-NYTimes columnist and bestselling cookbook writer Alison Roman (SOMETHING FROM NOTHING) talks with Rico about the tropes of fictional film chefs, and how the dreamy Cannes-winner THE TASTE OF THINGS quietly roasts them over a spit.Just in time for holiday eat-a-thons, the award-winning MUBI Podcast is back and celebrating its tenth season with a four-course serving of stories about food on film. Titled &quot;A Feast For The Eyes,&quot; the season digs into the ways filmmakers use food to provoke hunger, thought, nausea, political action...and sometimes all the above.Joining host Rico Gagliano is a sampler platter of luminaries from the film and culinary world, including directors Brad Bird (RATATOUILLE), Mira Nair (MONSOON WEDDING), and David Gelb (JIRO DREAMS OF SUSHI), former New York Times food writer Alison Roman, and more. Gluttons for great cinema stories can start chowing down on episodes weekly, starting Thanksgiving Day.<a href='https://mubi.com/collections/food-and-film'>Let&apos;s Eat! Food and Film</a> collection is now streaming on MUBI globally.<a href='https://mubi.com/films/phantom-thread'>PHANTOM THREAD</a> is now streaming on MUBI in the UK, Ireland, Germany, Italy, France, Netherlands, Latin America, India and Turkey. <a href='https://mubi.com/films/the-taste-of-things'>THE TASTE OF THINGS</a> is now streaming on MUBI in AustraliaTo stream some of the films we&apos;ve covered on the podcast, check out the collection <a href='https://mubi.com/specials/mubi-podcast'>Featured on the MUBI Podcast</a>. Availability of films varies depending on your country.MUBI is a global streaming service, production company and film distributor dedicated to elevating great cinema. MUBI makes, acquires, curates, and champions extraordinary films, connecting them to audiences all over the world. A place to discover ambitious new films and singular voices, from iconic directors to emerging auteurs. Each carefully chosen by MUBI’s curators.

<description>&lt;p&gt;Ex-NYTimes columnist and bestselling cookbook writer Alison Roman (SOMETHING FROM NOTHING) talks with Rico about the tropes of fictional film chefs, and how the dreamy Cannes-winner THE TASTE OF THINGS quietly roasts them over a spit.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Just in time for holiday eat-a-thons, the award-winning MUBI Podcast is back and celebrating its tenth season with a four-course serving of stories about food on film. Titled &amp;quot;&lt;b&gt;A Feast For The Eyes&lt;/b&gt;,&amp;quot; the season digs into the ways filmmakers use food to provoke hunger, thought, nausea, political action...and sometimes all the above.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Joining host Rico Gagliano is a sampler platter of luminaries from the film and culinary world, including directors &lt;b&gt;Brad Bird&lt;/b&gt; (RATATOUILLE), &lt;b&gt;Mira Nair&lt;/b&gt; (MONSOON WEDDING), and &lt;b&gt;David Gelb&lt;/b&gt; (JIRO DREAMS OF&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;SUSHI), former New York Times food writer &lt;b&gt;Alison Roman&lt;/b&gt;, and more. Gluttons for great cinema stories can start chowing down on episodes weekly, starting Thanksgiving Day.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://mubi.com/collections/food-and-film'&gt;&lt;b&gt;Let&amp;apos;s Eat! Food and Film&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;collection is now streaming on MUBI globally.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://mubi.com/films/phantom-thread'&gt;&lt;b&gt;PHANTOM THREAD&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; is now streaming on MUBI in the UK, Ireland, Germany, Italy, France, Netherlands, Latin America, India and Turkey. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://mubi.com/films/the-taste-of-things'&gt;&lt;b&gt;THE TASTE OF THINGS&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; is now streaming on MUBI in Australia&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;To stream some of the films we&amp;apos;ve covered on the podcast, check out the collection &lt;a href='https://mubi.com/specials/mubi-podcast'&gt;&lt;b&gt;Featured on the MUBI Podcast&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. Availability of films varies depending on your country.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;MUBI is a global streaming service, production company and film distributor dedicated to elevating great cinema. MUBI makes, acquires, curates, and champions extraordinary films, connecting them to audiences all over the world. A place to discover ambitious new films and singular voices, from iconic directors to emerging auteurs. Each carefully chosen by MUBI’s curators.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Ex-NYTimes columnist and bestselling cookbook writer Alison Roman (SOMETHING FROM NOTHING) talks with Rico about the tropes of fictional film chefs, and how the dreamy Cannes-winner THE TASTE OF THINGS quietly roasts them over a spit. Just in time for holiday eat-a-thons, the award-winning MUBI Podcast is back and celebrating its tenth season with a four-course serving of stories about food on film. Titled "A Feast For The Eyes," the season digs into the ways filmmakers use food to provoke hu...

THE TASTE OF THINGS — Alison Roman savors the opposite of a chef movie

The animated classic about an adorbs rat chef… spent nearly 7 years in the oven. Director Brad Bird (THE IRON GIANT) and producer Brad Lewis (ANTZ) tell Rico the whole multi-course saga, including gut-busting tales of Michelin-starred “research” meals that were so good they hurt.Just in time for holiday eat-a-thons, the award-winning MUBI Podcast is back and celebrating its tenth season with a four-course serving of stories about food on film. Titled &quot;A Feast For The Eyes,&quot; the season digs into the ways filmmakers use food to provoke hunger, thought, nausea, political action...and sometimes all the above.Joining host Rico Gagliano is a sampler platter of luminaries from the film and culinary world, including directors Brad Bird (RATATOUILLE), Mira Nair (MONSOON WEDDING), and David Gelb (JIRO DREAMS OF SUSHI), former New York Times food writer Alison Roman, and more. Gluttons for great cinema stories can start chowing down on episodes weekly, starting Thanksgiving Day.<a href='https://mubi.com/collections/food-and-film'>Let&apos;s Eat! Food and Film</a> collection is now streaming on MUBI globally. Subscribe to NOTEBOOK, MUBI’s biannual print magazine, at <a href='http://mubi.com/magazine'>mubi.com/magazine</a> to get the food-themed Issue 8. To stream some of the films we&apos;ve covered on the podcast, check out the collection <a href='https://mubi.com/specials/mubi-podcast'>Featured on the MUBI Podcast</a>. Availability of films varies depending on your country.MUBI is a global streaming service, production company and film distributor dedicated to elevating great cinema. MUBI makes, acquires, curates, and champions extraordinary films, connecting them to audiences all over the world. A place to discover ambitious new films and singular voices, from iconic directors to emerging auteurs. Each carefully chosen by MUBI’s curators.

<description>&lt;p&gt;The animated classic about an adorbs rat chef… spent nearly 7 years in the oven. Director &lt;b&gt;Brad Bird&lt;/b&gt; (THE IRON GIANT) and producer &lt;b&gt;Brad Lewis&lt;/b&gt; (ANTZ) tell Rico the whole multi-course saga, including gut-busting tales of Michelin-starred “research” meals that were so good they hurt.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Just in time for holiday eat-a-thons, the award-winning MUBI Podcast is back and celebrating its tenth season with a four-course serving of stories about food on film. Titled &amp;quot;&lt;b&gt;A Feast For The Eyes&lt;/b&gt;,&amp;quot; the season digs into the ways filmmakers use food to provoke hunger, thought, nausea, political action...and sometimes all the above.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Joining host Rico Gagliano is a sampler platter of luminaries from the film and culinary world, including directors &lt;b&gt;Brad Bird&lt;/b&gt; (RATATOUILLE), &lt;b&gt;Mira Nair&lt;/b&gt; (MONSOON WEDDING), and &lt;b&gt;David Gelb&lt;/b&gt; (JIRO DREAMS OF&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;SUSHI), former New York Times food writer &lt;b&gt;Alison Roman&lt;/b&gt;, and more. Gluttons for great cinema stories can start chowing down on episodes weekly, starting Thanksgiving Day.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://mubi.com/collections/food-and-film'&gt;&lt;b&gt;Let&amp;apos;s Eat! Food and Film&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;collection is now streaming on MUBI globally. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Subscribe to&lt;b&gt; NOTEBOOK, &lt;/b&gt;MUBI’s biannual print magazine, at&lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href='http://mubi.com/magazine'&gt;&lt;b&gt;mubi.com/magazine&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;to get the food-themed Issue 8. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;To stream some of the films we&amp;apos;ve covered on the podcast, check out the collection &lt;a href='https://mubi.com/specials/mubi-podcast'&gt;&lt;b&gt;Featured on the MUBI Podcast&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. Availability of films varies depending on your country.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;MUBI is a global streaming service, production company and film distributor dedicated to elevating great cinema. MUBI makes, acquires, curates, and champions extraordinary films, connecting them to audiences all over the world. A place to discover ambitious new films and singular voices, from iconic directors to emerging auteurs. Each carefully chosen by MUBI’s curators.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

The animated classic about an adorbs rat chef… spent nearly 7 years in the oven. Director Brad Bird (THE IRON GIANT) and producer Brad Lewis (ANTZ) tell Rico the whole multi-course saga, including gut-busting tales of Michelin-starred “research” meals that were so good they hurt. Just in time for holiday eat-a-thons, the award-winning MUBI Podcast is back and celebrating its tenth season with a four-course serving of stories about food on film. Titled "A Feast For The Eyes," the season digs i...

RATATOUILLE — Brad Bird cooks up the ultimate food film

In DIE MY LOVE, new mother Grace (a virtuosic Jennifer Lawrence) is stuck at home while her disinterested husband Jackson (Robert Pattinson) is at work. With only her baby, a barking dog, and her own thoughts to keep her company, she begins to unravel. Visionary writer-director Lynne Ramsay talks to guest host Simran Hans about her feral, frightening, and funny portrait of a woman on the brink.<a href='https://mubi.com/films/die-my-love'>DIE MY LOVE</a> is now playing in theaters in the US, Canada, the UK, Ireland, Latin America, Australia, Germany, and Spain. To stream some of the films we&apos;ve covered on the podcast, check out the collection <a href='https://mubi.com/specials/mubi-podcast'>Featured on the MUBI Podcast</a>. Availability of films varies depending on your country.MUBI is a global streaming service, production company and film distributor dedicated to elevating great cinema. MUBI makes, acquires, curates, and champions extraordinary films, connecting them to audiences all over the world. A place to discover ambitious new films and singular voices, from iconic directors to emerging auteurs. Each carefully chosen by MUBI’s curators.

<description>&lt;p&gt;In &lt;b&gt;DIE MY LOVE&lt;/b&gt;, new mother Grace (a virtuosic Jennifer Lawrence) is stuck at home while her disinterested husband Jackson (Robert Pattinson) is at work. With only her baby, a barking dog, and her own thoughts to keep her company, she begins to unravel. Visionary writer-director &lt;b&gt;Lynne Ramsay&lt;/b&gt; talks to guest host Simran Hans about her feral, frightening, and funny portrait of a woman on the brink.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://mubi.com/films/die-my-love'&gt;DIE MY LOVE&lt;/a&gt; is now playing in theaters in the US, Canada, the UK, Ireland, Latin America, Australia, Germany, and Spain. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;To stream some of the films we&amp;apos;ve covered on the podcast, check out the collection &lt;a href='https://mubi.com/specials/mubi-podcast'&gt;&lt;b&gt;Featured on the MUBI Podcast&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. Availability of films varies depending on your country.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;MUBI is a global streaming service, production company and film distributor dedicated to elevating great cinema. MUBI makes, acquires, curates, and champions extraordinary films, connecting them to audiences all over the world. A place to discover ambitious new films and singular voices, from iconic directors to emerging auteurs. Each carefully chosen by MUBI’s curators.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

In DIE MY LOVE, new mother Grace (a virtuosic Jennifer Lawrence) is stuck at home while her disinterested husband Jackson (Robert Pattinson) is at work. With only her baby, a barking dog, and her own thoughts to keep her company, she begins to unravel. Visionary writer-director Lynne Ramsay talks to guest host Simran Hans about her feral, frightening, and funny portrait of a woman on the brink. DIE MY LOVE is now playing in theaters in the US, Canada, the UK, Ireland, Latin America, Australia...

DIE MY LOVE — Lynne Ramsay unleashes the beast

Istanbul is home to some great filmmakers trying to speak truth to power... in a country where the power is less and less willing to let them. Host Rico Gagliano talks with two of the best — Emin Alper (BURNING) and Özcan Alper (AUTUMN) — about making art with a censor over your shoulder. He also takes a tour of Istanbul&apos;s historic cinemas... and is there to witness a dark day in Turkish politics.Part travelogue, part deep-dive storytelling, the latest season sees host Rico Gagliano jet off to Ireland, Amsterdam, Mexico City, Los Angeles and Istanbul, to learn about their cultures through the lens of cinema. Season 8’s guests include actors Gael García Bernal (AMORES PERROS) and Fiona Shaw (HOT MILK), writer/directors Rich Peppiatt (KNEECAP), Evan Goldberg (THE STUDIO) and Halina Reijn (BABYGIRL), producer Ed Guiney (POOR THINGS), production designer Eugenio Caballero (ROMA) and a host of other filmmakers, programmers, academics, cinema owners, critics, tour guides, and festival directors.<a href='https://mubi.com/en/gb/films/crossing-the-bridge-the-sound-of-istanbul'>CROSSING THE BRIDGE – THE SOUND OF ISTANBUL</a> is now streaming on MUBI worldwide. <a href='https://mubi.com/en/gb/films/crossing-2023-levan-akin'>CROSSING</a> is now streaming in the US, Canada, Latin America, Germany and Turkey. To stream some of the films we&apos;ve covered on the podcast, check out the collection <a href='https://mubi.com/specials/mubi-podcast'>Featured on the MUBI Podcast</a>. Availability of films varies depending on your country. MUBI is a global streaming service, production company and film distributor dedicated to elevating great cinema. MUBI makes, acquires, curates, and champions extraordinary films, connecting them to audiences all over the world. A place to discover ambitious new films and singular voices, from iconic directors to emerging auteurs. Each carefully chosen by MUBI’s curators.

<description>&lt;p&gt;Istanbul is home to some great filmmakers trying to speak truth to power... in a country where the power is less and less willing to let them. Host Rico Gagliano talks with two of the best — &lt;b&gt;Emin Alper&lt;/b&gt; (BURNING) and &lt;b&gt;Özcan Alper&lt;/b&gt; (AUTUMN) — about making art with a censor over your shoulder. He also takes a tour of Istanbul&amp;apos;s historic cinemas... and is there to witness a dark day in Turkish politics.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Part travelogue, part deep-dive storytelling, the latest season sees host Rico Gagliano jet off to &lt;b&gt;Ireland&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;Amsterdam&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;Mexico City&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;Los Angeles&lt;/b&gt; and &lt;b&gt;Istanbul&lt;/b&gt;, to learn about their cultures through the lens of cinema. Season 8’s guests include actors &lt;b&gt;Gael García Bernal&lt;/b&gt; (AMORES PERROS) and &lt;b&gt;Fiona Shaw&lt;/b&gt; (HOT MILK), writer/directors &lt;b&gt;Rich Peppiatt&lt;/b&gt; (KNEECAP), &lt;b&gt;Evan Goldberg&lt;/b&gt; (THE STUDIO) and &lt;b&gt;Halina Reijn&lt;/b&gt; (BABYGIRL), producer &lt;b&gt;Ed Guiney&lt;/b&gt; (POOR THINGS), production designer &lt;b&gt;Eugenio Caballero&lt;/b&gt; (ROMA) and a host of other filmmakers, programmers, academics, cinema owners, critics, tour guides, and festival directors.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://mubi.com/en/gb/films/crossing-the-bridge-the-sound-of-istanbul'&gt;&lt;b&gt;CROSSING THE BRIDGE – THE SOUND OF ISTANBUL&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; is now streaming on MUBI worldwide. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://mubi.com/en/gb/films/crossing-2023-levan-akin'&gt;&lt;b&gt;CROSSING&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; is now streaming in the US, Canada, Latin America, Germany and Turkey. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;To stream some of the films we&amp;apos;ve covered on the podcast, check out the collection &lt;a href='https://mubi.com/specials/mubi-podcast'&gt;&lt;b&gt;Featured on the MUBI Podcast&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. Availability of films varies depending on your country.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;MUBI is a global streaming service, production company and film distributor dedicated to elevating great cinema. MUBI makes, acquires, curates, and champions extraordinary films, connecting them to audiences all over the world. A place to discover ambitious new films and singular voices, from iconic directors to emerging auteurs. Each carefully chosen by MUBI’s curators.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Istanbul is home to some great filmmakers trying to speak truth to power... in a country where the power is less and less willing to let them. Host Rico Gagliano talks with two of the best — Emin Alper (BURNING) and Özcan Alper (AUTUMN) — about making art with a censor over your shoulder. He also takes a tour of Istanbul's historic cinemas... and is there to witness a dark day in Turkish politics. Part travelogue, part deep-dive storytelling, the latest season sees host Rico Gagliano jet off ...

ARTISTS VS. AUTOCRACY: Istanbul cinema crosses the bridge

The MUBI Podcast is an audio documentary series about how great cinema happens, and why it matters. Every season’s a deep dive into a different corner of movie culture — from classic needle drops, to movie theaters that changed the world. Plus, between seasons: intimate interviews with some of the best filmmakers alive. Nominated for multiple Webbys, Ambies, and British Podcast Awards. Hosted by veteran arts journalist Rico Gagliano. “It’s like This American Life for filmmaking stories” — Matt Wallin

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