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Mubi has unveiled their lineup for next month, featuring the exclusive streaming premiere of Frederick Wiseman’s masterful documentary City Hall, the late Monte Hellman’s final film Road to Nowhere, a trio of works by Stephen Cone, two films by Alain Resnais, the multi-month series Sex, Truth, and Videotape: French Feminist Activism, and Abel Ferrara’s Bad Lieutenant.

As a special addition in addition to the regular programming listed below, the new restoration of Meeting the Man: James Baldwin in Paris will be available as a free presentation celebrating Juneteenth, from June 18-19. Timed with the release of his latest gem Undine, a Christian Petzold retrospective continues with his earlier, essential films Yella, Barbara, Ostwärts, and The Warm Money.

Check out the lineup below, with links to reviews where available, and get 30 days of Mubi for free here. One can also check back for our new streaming picks every Friday here.

Spain’s Luis López Carrasco picked up the Best International Film prize for his documentary “The Year of the Discovery” (“El año del descubrimiento”) on Sunday at Argentina’s Mar del Plata, the only Latin American film fest granted a Category A status by producers assn. Fiapf, placing it in the same league as Cannes, Venice, San Sebastian and Locarno, among others.

Given the restraints imposed by the pandemic, the festival hosted an online edition and offered free access to all Argentine residents.

Carrasco’s sophomore feature follows his debut film “El Futuro,” which premiered at Locarno and collected numerous awards on the festival circuit. “The Year of the Discovery” portrays the flipside of 1992 Spain, which celebrated hosting the Olympics Games in Barcelona and the World Expo in Seville while in Murcia, south-east Spain, enraged workers from the naval, mining and chemical sectors where companies were shut down, battled alongside students against the police,...

The actress will play the lead in the thriller which the Los Angeles-based company will finance and introduce to worldwide buyers next week.

Jane Millen is scheduled to begin shooting in April 2017 and centres on a veteran detective battling her inner demons who is assigned to investigate the murder of wealthy couple.

Cynthia Mort, whose credits include The Brave One and Nina, will direct from her screenplay.

13 Films president Tannaz Anisi will produce the film alongside Karen Kehela Sherwood and former Endgame executive Greg Schenz.

Jai Khanna of Brillstein Entertainment Partners also serves as executive producer.

Kurylenko most recently appeared in Giuseppe Tornatore’s La Corrispondenza alongside Jeremy Irons and A Perfect Day with Benicio del Toro and Tim Robbins.

The 13 Films sales roster features family action adventure Four Kids And It starring Michael Caine, Bill Nighy, Paula Patton and Mathew Goode; political thriller Public Affairs with Thora Birch, Adrien Grenier and Mimi Rogers;sci-fi thriller Spectrum...

Everyone who works with Ennio Morricone calls him "Maestro." It's a title that's both deferential and affectionate for the prolific, 87-year-old composer. Since the late Fifties, he has written some 500 movie scores, including such celebrated and iconic contributions to soundtracks such as The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, The Mission and Cinema Paradiso. His music has inspired a wide swath of artists from Metallica to Celine Dion, as well as filmmakers from Sergio Leone to Bernardo Bertolucci. But despite this, he has received few film awards in the U.

Now that we’ve come out of the Cannes ether, we can examine several of the names glaringly absent from the lineup that may potentially premiere on the Lido this fall. With controversial moves finding Garrel, Gomes, and Desplechin playing the Quinzaine, while Naomi Kawase and Apichatpong Weerasethakul got slotted in Un Certain Regard, we’re aggravated and pleased about some of this shifting around, but all in all, the main competition this year didn’t end up feeling like many programming risks were taken.

First off, to the general surprise of all, German director Maren Ade and British director Terence Davies were absent from the line-up, both with new highly anticipated titles (Toni Erdmann and Sunset Song respectively). Thierry Fremaux, arguably, tried to mix things up a bit with the Main Competition this year, inviting two female directors (Sacre Bleu!), including Valerie Donzelli and repeat offender Maiwenn (both titles...

Company is expected shortly to announce a partnership with a major Benelux distributor.

Umedia has confirmed a pre-production date of May 29 and a new director in Jahmil Xt Qubeka on its drama The Riders.

The cast is headline by Liam McIntyre (Spartacus), Pixie Davies and Richard E Grant. Susie Brooks-Smith is producing, Umedia is handling world sales.

Qubeka’s film Of Good Report, about a teacher-student relationship, was prevented from opening the Durban International Film Festival last year due to a refusal of classification by the South African Film and Publications Board. It was later cleared.

The news comes as Umedia, which has raised €330m through the Belgian tax shelter system over the last decade, is preparing to expand further.

Umedia employs 100 people and is headquartered in Brussels, has offices in London, Los Angeles and Paris. It is active in financing, production and sales and supports 30 to 40 films a year.

The company...

Giuseppe Tornatore - Scotland in his sights

The director who made one of Italian cinema's best loved films, Cinema Paradiso, is to shoot part of his next film Scotland later this year. Described as a "romantic drama" The Correspondence follows the love affair between a professor and a younger woman. Tornatore and his team have been scouting locations in Edinburgh for the film at the same time as is his first English language feature The Best Offer with Geoffrey Rush as an auctioneer obsessed with a reclusive heiress receives its UK premiere screenings as part of the 21st edition of the Italian Film Festival.

Rosie Ellison, film manager at Marketing Edinburgh said: "Tornatore is an exciting director and we are delighted to welcome him to Edinburgh."

The project will reunite many of the collaborators from The Best Offer, including composer Ennio Morricone and the production company Paco Cinematografica. The Best...

Exclusive: Cinema Paradiso director reunites with The Best Offer team on upcoming film.

Cinema Paradiso writer-director Giuseppe Tornatore is due to shoot his next film in the UK from May.

Romantic drama The Correspondence, the director’s first film to shoot in the UK, will follow the love affair between a professor and a younger woman working in the same field.

The film will reunite many of the collaborators on Tornatore’s latest effort The Best Offer, including regular collaborator Ennio Morricone, producer Paco Cinematografica, distributor-producer Warner Bros’ Italy and sales outfit uMedia International.

The director has been in Scotland this week scouting locations for the film, which is due to shoot in Edinburgh, York and parts of Yorkshire before finishing shoot in Italy.

Casting is being kept under wraps with a “well-known” male lead close to signing on.

Warner Bros Italy is due to release the film on January 1, 2015, the same date it released Tornatore’s 2013 drama...