As summer approaches, Mubi continues to roll out a bold lineup guaranteed to pique your curiosity. This June, the platform takes our eyes on a journey through time and commitment—be it political, athletic, or intimate.
On the menu this month: Raoul Peck’s highly anticipated documentary revisiting Orwell’s legacy, Audrey Diwan’s sensual reimagining of a great classic, and captivating retrospectives exploring the excitement of the beautiful game on screen alongside the essential history of queer cinema.
Mubi Exclusives
Orwell: 2+2=5 – Streaming June 5
Raoul Peck | 2025 | Documentary
Through archival and contemporary newsreels, photographs, and films, Raoul Peck explores the legacy of George Orwell’s iconic novel 1984. Aided by excerpts from the author’s various writings—read in voiceover by Damian Lewis (Band of Brothers, Homeland)—the filmmaker reflects on authoritarianism past and present.
Orwell: 2+2=5 premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2025 and stands as the most recent documentary from writer, producer, and director Raoul Peck.
Saipan – Streaming June 5
Lisa Barros D’Sa, Glenn Leyburn | 2025 | Drama Japan, 2002.
The Irish football team decamps to the island of Saipan to train for the FIFA World Cup. Their star player and captain, Robbie Keane, is outraged at leadership’s subpar preparations and quarrels with manager Mick McCarthy, who removes him from the squad on the eve of the tournament.
Saipan had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2025. The film stars Steve Coogan (The Trip, How are you? It’s Alan Partridge) and Éanna Hardwicke (Normal People).
Emmanuelle – Streaming June 19
Audrey Diwan | 2024 | Erotica, Drama
A young married woman is in search of a lost pleasure, whose business trip to Hong Kong will initiate numerous encounters, including her meeting with a man who constantly eludes her.
Inspired by the novel of the same name by Emmanuelle Arsan, the film premiered at the San Sebastián International Film Festival in 2024. The cast includes Noémie Merlant, Naomi Watts (The Friend), Will Sharpe (The White Lotus), and Jamie Campbell Bower (Stranger Things).
The classics coming
Bull Durham – Streaming June 1
Ron Shelton | 1988 | Comedy, Sport, Romance
“Crash” Davis, an aging minor-league ballplayer, is transferred from a rival team to help tame a wild young pitcher named Calvin “Nuke” LaLoosh. The two clash on and off the pitch as they both fall for Annie, a baseball devotee with her own perspective on the Grand Old Game.
Bull Durham was nominated for many awards in 1989, including at the Academy Awards for Best Writing (Original Screenplay) and at the Golden Globes for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical. The film stars Kevin Costner (Yellowstone) and Susan Sarandon (Thelma & Louise).
Featured Collections
The World’s Game: Football on Screen (From June 12)
Mario (Marcel Gisler, 2018 | Drama, Sport, LGBTQ+)
Promising Swiss footballer Mario is on his way to the top, closing in on the success he and his father always dreamed of. When talented striker Leon joins his team, he and Mario fall for each other. Soon, everything Mario has built is threatened, as prejudices begin to impact both players’ careers.
On the Seventh Day (Jim McKay, 2017 | Drama
José, a young and hardworking bicycle delivery worker, is the captain of his soccer team in Sunset Park. When the team makes it to the finals, he and his teammates are thrilled. But his boss throws a wrench into the celebration when he tells José he has to work on Sunday, the day of the match.
Teenage knucklehead Gregory falls hard for Dorothy, a hotshot female player who takes his spot on the boys’ school soccer team. Prodded by the advice of his smart-mouthed 10-year-old sister, Gregory does make his move, but there’s behind-the-scenes feminine conspiracies en route.
Queer Cinema Looks Back (Now Streaming)
Great Freedom (Sebastian Meise, 2021 | Drama, LGBTQ+)
In post-war Germany, liberation by the Allies does not mean freedom for everyone. Hans is imprisoned again and again under Paragraph 175, a law criminalizing homosexuality. Over the course of decades, he develops an unlikely yet tender bond with his cellmate Viktor, a convicted murderer.
The History of Sound (Oliver Hermanus, 2025 | LGBTQ+, Romance, History, Drama)
Two young music students, Lionel and David, attending the Boston Conservatory in 1917, bond over their shared love of folk music. They reconnect a few years later, embarking on a song-collecting trip in the backwaters of Maine. Starring Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor.
Việt And Nam (Minh Quý Trương, 2024 | Drama, LGBTQ+)
In the dark underground passages of a coal mine in northern Vietnam, two young miners steal moments of intimacy and desire, their naked bodies pressed against the dark rocks. Nam is haunted by the past and plans to escape the country, but is grounded by the love he shares with Việt.
Blank Narcissus (Passion Of The Swamp) (Peter Strickland, 2022 | Short, LGBTQ+, Avant-Garde)
An aging porn director makes a commentary in 2022 for the DVD of an underground 16mm film he made in 1972 that has recently been rediscovered. As the beautiful stud in the film undergoes a series of erotic reveries, the director laments his doomed love affair with his protagonist.
