Emily Zemler
View all posts by Emily Zemler June 17, 2026
Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker Courtesy of Mubi Pulp will release a new film, Pulp: What Would You Do for an Encore?, this fall exclusively via Mubi. The 90-minute film was directed by Gareth Jennings and narrated by frontman Jarvis Cocker.
A press release describes the release as being “in the spirit of Stop Making Sense and The Last Waltz,” explaining that it charts “Pulp’s extraordinary journey from obscurity to cultural touchstone.” It showcases Pulp’s biggest ever arena show, part of the global tour for their album More, with four decades of never-seen-before archival material. The film includes twenty songs and attempts to answer to the question, “What do you do for an encore?”
Jennings, the filmmaker behind Sing and Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, previously helmed the music videos for Pulp’s 1997 single “Help The Aged” and their 1988 track “A Little Soul.”
“Back in the summer of 2022, I first heard a rumor there might be a Pulp reunion and I was over the moon,” Jennings said in a statement. “Pulp, Jarvis, and those songs really mean the world to me and the chance to see the band perform together again was a much-needed beacon of joy in a time when things for many of us have seemed relentlessly gloomy. My next thought was of how much I would love to capture this moment on film, so I got in touch with Jarvis and we began to talk about the show as well as the film that could emerge. Inspiration came from a line from This Is Hardcore: What exactly do you do for an encore?”
