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Pulp Documentary to Premiere on Mubi After One‑Night U.S. Theatrical Preview

The film blends 2025 arena performances with four decades of unseen archival material to recount the band’s comeback and cultural rise.

Overview

  • Pulp shared the first trailer for Pulp: What Do You Do for an Encore?, and distributor Mubi has scheduled an exclusive streaming premiere for September 25 with a one-night U.S. theatrical preview on September 24.
  • Director Garth Jennings assembled a 90-minute film that uses footage shot at the band’s 2025 arena shows alongside archival material spanning roughly four decades, with Jarvis Cocker narrating.
  • The documentary features 20 songs taken from the 2025 concerts and aims to stitch live performances and backstory into a single concert-driven narrative.
  • A live album called Live! will be released August 28 through Rough Trade to coincide with Pulp’s performance at Manchester’s Wythenshawe Park on the same night.
  • Jennings’ long relationship with Pulp — dating to his 1997 video work and his staging help for the band’s 2023 return — shaped the film’s access and perspective on the Sheffield band’s journey.