Connect with us
The Square Ruben Ostlund

Film Festivals

2017 Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 4: Ruben Ostlund Tumbles Up the Stairs with The Square

2017 Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 4: Ruben Ostlund Tumbles Up the Stairs with The Square

He received an earlier screening late last night and has been consider the buzz title (mostly for better) and mentioned in the same breathe as his Un Certain Regard Grand Jury prize winning Force Majeure in 2014. Having previously shown Play (Director’s Fortnight) and Involuntary (2008) it would have indeed been an off year if The Square was not the last minute invite. This synopsis doesn’t do it justice, but The Square tells the story of a manager of the museum (brilliantly played by Claes Bang) who is responsible for an exhibition space that houses a new installation which provides people with a symbolic space.

Check back with us twice daily for the latest grades and make sure to click on the grid below for a larger version.

Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).

Click to comment

More in Film Festivals

To Top