Tag: Ruben Ostlund

Cabin Pressure: Keanu Reeves First Passenger to Board “The Entertainment System Is Down”

Following in the footsteps of Woody Harrelson, Keanu Reeves is the next actor in line for a special kind of miserablism reserved for air...

2023 Cannes: Palme Winner Julia Ducournau, Paul Dano & Rungano Nyoni Among Jury!

Ruben Östlund has a bunch of cinephile buddies to help him hand out the big daddy of all film prizes this May with the...

35th European Film Awards: A Cannes Comp rematch for Ali Abbasi, Lukas Dhont & Ruben Ôstlund

Three huge winners at this year's Cannes Film Festival lead the noms for the 35th European Film Awards. Lukas Dhont’s Close, Ali Abbasi’s Holy...

Triangle of Sadness | Review

Voyage of the Damned: Östlund Frowns Down Upon Hardwired Human Folly in Devious Satire Ruben Östlund has built an impressive filmography satirizing social norms, with...

2022 European Film Awards: Alcarràs, Close, Triangle of Sadness, Corsage & Holy Spider on 30 Short List

It's that time of year again where Euro titles from Venice of the previous year duke it out with Euro Cannes film productions of...

2022 TIFF: Peter Farrelly, Hong Sang-soo & Tobias Lindholm to World Premiere in Toronto

The fun part about dissecting TIFF's Gala and Special Presentations unveiling are what titles are skipping TIFF, which titles are moving directly from Venice...

2022 Cannes Film Festival Winners [Video]

We cap off our coverage of every Cannes Film Festival edition with the press room presentations of all of the evening's winners. Swedish helmer...

2022 Cannes Coverage Wrap-Up: Competition

Armageddon Time - James Gray Boy from Heaven - Tarik Saleh Broker - Hirokazu Kore-eda Frère et sœur - Arnaud Desplechin Close - Lukas...

2022 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 5 – Ruben Östlund’s Triangle of Sadness

With perhaps far more time in post than the other films vying for the Palme this year, Ruben Östlund goes off the deep end...

Come Fly With Me: Ruben Östlund’s Next Film Set on a Long-haul Flight

Unless you're in business class, the airline industry is keen on making your flying experience in a miserable one. Continuing with his fascination for...

2022 Cannes: Abbasi, Dhont, Reichardt, Mungiu & Claire Denis Among 18 Titles Vying for Palme d’Or

The likes of first-time comp contenders Kelly Reichardt, Ali Abbasi and Lucas Dhont are joining former Palme d'Or winners Ruben Östlund, Kore-eda Hirokazu, the...

2022 Cannes Film Festival Predictions – 24 Palme d’Or Hopefuls

We've looked at the non-competing sections (10 predictions). We've visited (20 predictions) the possible Critics' Week programme. We explored (20 predictions) options for the...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2022: #6. Ruben Östlund’s Triangle of Sadness

Triangle of Sadness Produced by Erik Hemmendorff, Philippe Bober Directed by Ruben Östlund Written by Ruben Östlund Starring: Harris Dickinson, Charlbi Dean, Woody Harrelson Cinematographer: Fredrik Wenzel

2020 Sundance Film Festival: Miranda July, Julie Taymor, Dee Rees & Sean Durkin in the Premieres Section

The most acquisitions and distributor launch-pad friendly section of the festival, the Premieres category had some big ticket items in Nisha Ganatra's Late Night,...

Through the Looking Glass: The Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020 – Picks #100 to #11

While we look forward to a plentiful 2019 as far as foreign cinema is concerned (of which we highlighted #300-151 and our countdown #150-1 to anticipate...

IONCINEPHILE of the Month: Iram Haq’s Top Ten Films of All Time List

Have you ever wondered what are the films that inspire the next generation of visionary filmmakers? As part of our monthly IONCINEPHILE profile, we...

Dylan Kai Dempsey’s Top 10 Films of 2017

Some, including the American literary scholar James English, argue that artists shouldn’t care about awards like the Oscars. Author of “The Economy of Prestige,”...

Through the Looking Glass – The Top 50 Foreign Films of 2019: Picks #50 to #11

As we look forward to a plentiful year of new cinematic offerings in 2018, it’s also time to look even further into the horizon...

Video Countdown: Nicholas Bell’s Top 20 Films of 2017

Although we have another facetiously titled Michael Haneke film to ring in the New Year with, it is a decidedly unhappy end considering the...

Interview: Ruben Östlund (The Square)

This weekend, Magnolia Pictures release Swedish auteur Ruben Östlund's latest film, The Square. Winner of this year's Palme d'Or at the 70th Cannes Film...

Reviews & Reflections: Östlund’s The Square Leads Top 5 NYFF Films That Lived Up To The Hype

As the New York Film Festival comes to a close, so marks the end of the 2017 festival season: a year-long tsunami that began...

TIFF 2017: Special Presentations World Preem Status for Gillespie, Gomez-Rejon, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun & Sebastián Lelio

If Alexander Payne, Valerie Faris/Jonathan Dayton, Scott Cooper, Darren Aronofsky, Martin McDonagh, Stephen Frears, Greta Gerwig and George Clooney appear jetlagged its because they'll...

The Conversation: Top 20 Best Films of 2017 So Far …

At the mid-way point of 2017, the usual cinematic trends continue, with the best theatrical offerings from January through June mostly festival circuit offerings...