“Arcade Fire presents” is not a credit we’re accustomed to seeing before a movie, but that’s how Scenes from the Suburbs comes billed; the 28-minute film, “based on the album The Suburbs by Arcade Fire,” was penned by band members Will and Win Butler with acclaimed filmmaker Spike Jonze, who directed. The short screened at the Berlin International Film Festival and SXSW; it is included on the bonus DVD of the new “deluxe edition” of The Suburbs, which hits stores in August, but MUBI is streaming it, for free, for the next two days only. We’ll take a look at the movie after the jump.

UPDATE: As noted in the comments below, after this post — and many others — went live, MUBI suddenly decided to pull the film for North American viewers. “Rest assured,” the new error message reads,”we are working hard to acquire the rights to show all our favorite films all around the world.” Uh huh. A commenter on the MUBI blog was more succinct: “Not available to watch in the USA?? Fuck you.” At any rate, our review remains after the jump, and we’ll keep an eye on the site in hopes of a re-post. … Read More