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Ruben Ostlund Doesn’t Want You to Get Too Comfortable The Swedish director, this year’s jury president for the Cannes Film Festival, talks about his approach to making films.
In 2015, on Oscar nominations morning, Swedish director Ruben Östlund became something of an internet meme. Östlund and his producing partner Erik Hemmendorff, inside a room in New York’s ...
The awards keep on coming for Swedish writer-director Ruben Östlund. The two-time winner of the prestigious Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival just spent Monday night celebrating a six ...
Ostlund has also received an Oscar nomination for writing this film’s original screenplay, while producers Philippe Bober and Erik Hemmendorff share its Best Picture bid.
Ruben Östlund Would Rather Win Another Palme d’Or Than an Oscar The Cannes jury president addressed questions of gender parity and class struggles as the 2023 festival kicked off. By Eric Kohn ...
After winning the Un Certain Regard Jury Prize in Cannes and going on to strong box office, great word of mouth and making the Foreign Language Oscar shortlist in December, Swedish helmer Ruben ...
The best movie involving a boat since “Titanic” with the best vomiting sequence since “Team America: World Police,” Ruben Östlund’s “ Triangle of Sadness ” is an energetic and wacky ...
By Jaakko Jarvensivu Swedish film director Ruben Ostlund, 44, has directed more than a dozen films in his career, including his 2017 satirical film "The Square" which earned him the prestigious Palme ...
Ruben Ostlund’s Palme d’Or-winning “The Square” will represent Sweden in the foreign-language Oscar race at the 90th Academy Awards in 2018. A satirical drama weaving dark comedy, “The ...