Julian (Dominic West) endures the actions of a performer named Oleg (Terry Notary), in Ruben Ostlund’s satire The Square. Photo courtesy of Magnolia Pictures (c).
Ruben Ostlund’s satire The Square was Cannes’ Palme D’Or winner this year but this ambitious film is a decidedly unusual winner. Ostlund’s previous film, Force Majeure, explored a single morally-bad choice in a caustically comic way. The Square turns a satiric eye on modern art, contemporary society, political correctness, homelessness, sex, income inequality and more, although it often focuses on the subject of trust. The Square, partly in English and partly in Swedish with subtitles, is sly, darkly satiric and sometimes laugh-out-loud funny film, when it is not just downright disturbing. This is not a film for everyone, but it has rewards for those up for its wild ride.
The story revolves around Christian (Claes Bang), the curator at a modern art museum in Sweden.
Ruben Ostlund’s satire The Square was Cannes’ Palme D’Or winner this year but this ambitious film is a decidedly unusual winner. Ostlund’s previous film, Force Majeure, explored a single morally-bad choice in a caustically comic way. The Square turns a satiric eye on modern art, contemporary society, political correctness, homelessness, sex, income inequality and more, although it often focuses on the subject of trust. The Square, partly in English and partly in Swedish with subtitles, is sly, darkly satiric and sometimes laugh-out-loud funny film, when it is not just downright disturbing. This is not a film for everyone, but it has rewards for those up for its wild ride.
The story revolves around Christian (Claes Bang), the curator at a modern art museum in Sweden.
- 11/17/2017
- by Cate Marquis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
We might not see Brady Corbet’s pop-star drama starring Rooney Mara for a while, but “Vox Lux” isn’t his only musical project. The actor-turned-filmmaker, who made one of the most striking directorial debuts in recent memory with “The Childhood of a Leader,” directed the music video for Jesse Marchant’s “Sister, I” from his upcoming album “Illusion of Love.” IndieWire is happy to exclusively premiere said video, which you can watch below.
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“Brady is a close friend and I’ve been an admirer of his for a while, so I was keen of his proposal to do a video,” said Marchant in a statement. “The skywriting idea was his, probably influenced by reading Bolaño’s ‘Distant Star’ and my having delved deeper into my interest in aviation, spurred by my father...
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“Brady is a close friend and I’ve been an admirer of his for a while, so I was keen of his proposal to do a video,” said Marchant in a statement. “The skywriting idea was his, probably influenced by reading Bolaño’s ‘Distant Star’ and my having delved deeper into my interest in aviation, spurred by my father...
- 11/14/2017
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
It’s okay to cry, but laughing while cringing is way better…
On this episode of Adjust Your Tracking, Joe and I discuss two fantastic new releases in “The Square” and “Lady Bird,” joining them together in a comedic package, even though the films are nothing alike otherwise. Indeed, it’s too broad a description to label either of these films — the latter a remarkable coming of age period piece by writer/director Greta Gerwig and the former a Palme d’Or-winning arthouse comedy epic from Ruben Ostlund (“Force Majeure“) — but examining them together leads to fruitful chatter.
Continue reading Comedy Takes Many Forms In ‘Lady Bird’ & ‘The Square’ [Adjust Your Tracking Podcast] at The Playlist.
On this episode of Adjust Your Tracking, Joe and I discuss two fantastic new releases in “The Square” and “Lady Bird,” joining them together in a comedic package, even though the films are nothing alike otherwise. Indeed, it’s too broad a description to label either of these films — the latter a remarkable coming of age period piece by writer/director Greta Gerwig and the former a Palme d’Or-winning arthouse comedy epic from Ruben Ostlund (“Force Majeure“) — but examining them together leads to fruitful chatter.
Continue reading Comedy Takes Many Forms In ‘Lady Bird’ & ‘The Square’ [Adjust Your Tracking Podcast] at The Playlist.
- 11/7/2017
- by Erik McClanahan
- The Playlist
This pre-Halloween weekend, multiple specialized distributors opened and expanded significant fall season releases. Comedy “The Square” (Magnolia), this year’s top Cannes prize-winner, launched at a high level for a subtitled film on the road to national release and Oscar contention.
No other opening reached its levels. “The Novitiate” (Sony Pictures Classics) drew disappointing results. “Bill Nye: Science Guy” (PBS) showed some initial promise, while “Jane” (Abramorama/National Geographic), another documentary about a well-known scientist, primate conservationist Jane Goodall, showed strong second weekend results. A24’s “The Killing of a Sacred Deer” led second weekend expansions.
Opening
The Square (Magnolia) – Metacritic: 74; Festivals include: Cannes, Toronto 2017
$76,000 in 4 theaters; PTA (per theater average): $19,000
Ruben Ostlund’s Cannes Palme d’Or-winner, despite a 2.5 hour length, opened unusually well for a subtitled film. The Swedish Oscar entry, a comedy about the art world, opened at four prime New York/Los Angeles locations with...
No other opening reached its levels. “The Novitiate” (Sony Pictures Classics) drew disappointing results. “Bill Nye: Science Guy” (PBS) showed some initial promise, while “Jane” (Abramorama/National Geographic), another documentary about a well-known scientist, primate conservationist Jane Goodall, showed strong second weekend results. A24’s “The Killing of a Sacred Deer” led second weekend expansions.
Opening
The Square (Magnolia) – Metacritic: 74; Festivals include: Cannes, Toronto 2017
$76,000 in 4 theaters; PTA (per theater average): $19,000
Ruben Ostlund’s Cannes Palme d’Or-winner, despite a 2.5 hour length, opened unusually well for a subtitled film. The Swedish Oscar entry, a comedy about the art world, opened at four prime New York/Los Angeles locations with...
- 10/29/2017
- by Tom Brueggemann
- Indiewire
Swedish writer-director Ruben Ostlund proved himself a force to reckon with, especially with 2014's Force Majeure, a dark comedy about a family's trial by fire after an avalanche. The Square, which won the Palme d'Or at Cannes in May, is a bit too all over the place to match that gem's visceral impact, but this being Ostlund, there are many and various pleasures to be found. The Square is a satire of the art world where pretension, elitism, greed and crass stupidity hold sway. Think of the Marx brothers playing...
- 10/27/2017
- Rollingstone.com
Closing out October, Specialty titles are packing theaters for the coming weekend. Sony Pictures Classics is heading out with Maggie Betts' Novitiate, a well-received Sundance title that later screened at the Toronto Film Festival last month. Cannes Palme d'Or winner The Square is coming off of its extensive festival run for a theatrical launch today via Magnolia Pictures. The distributor had success with filmmaker Ruben Östlund's previous feature, Force Majeure in…...
- 10/27/2017
- Deadline
“The Square” lands its bullseyes, over and over, with a faultless precision that grows duller with each strike. Its targets are twofold: moral hypocrisy, especially among the moneyed and well-meaning, and the contemporary-art-museum world. Set in a cosmopolitan and socially stratified Stockholm, writer-director Ruben Ostlund’s latest takes aim at fellow members of the artistic and academic intelligentsia in a work that feels tailor-made for them and possibly them alone. Ostlund’s “Force Majeure” became a critical hit by heaping (rightful) humiliation on a man (played by Johannes Kuhnke) enjoying a family ski vacation who flees alone when an avalanche falls,...
- 10/26/2017
- by Inkoo Kang
- The Wrap
Writer/director Ruben Ostlund left a huge impression a couple of years ago with Force Majeure in which he tackles the breakdown of a relationship when, in a moment of tragedy, a husband acts to save himself rather than his wife and children. It's a sometimes funny, often poignant exploration of relationships and self preservation and that marked Ostlund as one to watch.
His follow-up, the Cannes winning The Square, is an equally audacious piece of work, this one exploring everything from art to social political issues.
Ostensibly the individual at the centre of this story is Christian (Claes Bang), the director of a museum of modern art who finds himself in the impossible position of acquiring new, important work while also engaging the media and the public at large [Continued ...]...
His follow-up, the Cannes winning The Square, is an equally audacious piece of work, this one exploring everything from art to social political issues.
Ostensibly the individual at the centre of this story is Christian (Claes Bang), the director of a museum of modern art who finds himself in the impossible position of acquiring new, important work while also engaging the media and the public at large [Continued ...]...
- 10/4/2017
- QuietEarth.us
Ruben Östlund arrived at the Toronto Film Festival still warm with the glow of winning the prestigious Palme D'Or at this year's Cannes Film Festival. The follow-up to his festival favourite Force Majeure – in which a cowardly father abandons his family during an avalanche, causing them to look at him with suspicious new eyes – The Square is another wryly funny film about the gulf between a man's actual deeds and his lofty ideals. "The main character is played by Claes…...
- 9/16/2017
- Deadline
Kristen Stewart’s second act isn’t just in the works, it’s here. The long-time actress — at age 27, she’s already been acting professionally for more than half her life — initially dreamed of being a filmmaker, a desire she’s lately been putting into practice through short-form directorial opportunities, including a Chvrches music video and her directorial film debut, the short “Come Swim.” The film bowed earlier this year at Sundance, before going on to screen at Cannes and, most recently, a slot as part of Sundance’s traveling Short Film Tour.
Produced as part of Refinery29’s Shatterbox Anthology — a collection of short films all made by women, and of every stripe, from well-known names like Stewart to rising stars like Courtney Hoffman — the film’s short synopsis bills it as “a diptych of one man’s day; half impressionist and half realist portraits.” Part dreamy (and often unnerving) fable,...
Produced as part of Refinery29’s Shatterbox Anthology — a collection of short films all made by women, and of every stripe, from well-known names like Stewart to rising stars like Courtney Hoffman — the film’s short synopsis bills it as “a diptych of one man’s day; half impressionist and half realist portraits.” Part dreamy (and often unnerving) fable,...
- 8/31/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
The race for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film is off and running, with more than half a dozen countries announcing their selections so far and dozens more set to do so before the Academy’s October 2 deadline. The most high-profile films to be announced so far are Sweden’s “The Square,” a black comedy from director Ruben Ostlund that won the Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, and Germany’s “In the Fade,” a drama from Fatih Akin that also played in Cannes, where Diane Kruger won the best-actress award. Ostlund’s last film,...
- 8/24/2017
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Ruben Ostlund’s Palme d’Or winner The Square is Sweden’s choice to represent it in the race for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar. This is Ostlund’s third time at the rodeo for the Scandinavian country; his Involuntary was in the running in 2009 and he made the shortlist with 2014’s Force Majeure — before being shockingly omitted from the nominations. When the filmmaker did not get a nom in 2015, he released a video that included what he called a "worst man-cry."…...
- 8/23/2017
- Deadline
Sweden has picked Ruben Ostlund's Cannes Palme d'Or winner The Square as the country's official contender for the 2018 Oscars.
The satirical drama is set in the modern-art world. Claes Bang plays a museum curator who struggles to uphold the liberal humanitarian ideals he preaches at work in his daily life. Elisabeth Moss plays an American art journalist. Dominic West has a short cameo as an enigmatic artist.
Ostlund has been here before. His dramedy Force Majeure was Sweden's official Oscar contender in 2015 but was not nominated in the best foreign-language category. Ostlund's moment of disappointment was captured on...
The satirical drama is set in the modern-art world. Claes Bang plays a museum curator who struggles to uphold the liberal humanitarian ideals he preaches at work in his daily life. Elisabeth Moss plays an American art journalist. Dominic West has a short cameo as an enigmatic artist.
Ostlund has been here before. His dramedy Force Majeure was Sweden's official Oscar contender in 2015 but was not nominated in the best foreign-language category. Ostlund's moment of disappointment was captured on...
- 8/23/2017
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It wasn’t the Palme d’Or winner that many expected this year at Cannes, but “Force Majeure” director Ruben Ostlund‘s epic “The Square,” an “excoriating razor-burn of a movie that deploys drollery like an instrument of torture,” took the big prize. It’s quite an achievement, especially considering it went to the Croisette unfinished, running 142 minutes long, with the director promising to add even more to the movie once he was all done.
Continue reading Wild First Trailer For Palme d’Or Winner ‘The Square’ With Elisabeth Moss at The Playlist.
Continue reading Wild First Trailer For Palme d’Or Winner ‘The Square’ With Elisabeth Moss at The Playlist.
- 7/10/2017
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Miff announcement time again! Every year the Melbourne International Film Festival relishes in its big catches from the Croisette, and this year has basically peaked, with picks appealing to every moviegoer. More after the bump. Thirty-five features from Cannes are set to sweep audiences into worlds of imagination, wonder and varying realities through high-stake thrillers, darkly witty comedies, compelling documentaries and the latest cinematic discoveries. The festival will present big award winners from this year’s Cannes, including the 2017 Palme d’Or winning The Square, a deliriously strange detonation of art and imagination from Swedish director Ruben Öslund, whose Force Majeure was a Miff highlight screening), featuring a riveting performance from Danish actor Claes Bang and scene stealing performances from Elizabeth Moss and Dominic West; Loveless, the must-see...
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- 6/28/2017
- Screen Anarchy
While Ruben Ostlund‘s “The Square” might not have been buzziest film to emerge at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, his picture did walk away, somewhat surprisingly, with the Palme d’Or. It’s another feat under the belt of the fast-rising filmmaker behind “Play” and “Force Majeure,” and now he has a new project cooking.
Read More: Ruben Ostlund’s Smart, Sharp, Deliciously Uncomfortable ‘The Square’ [Cannes Review]
Variety reports that Ostlund will helm “Triangle Of Sadness.” The filmmaker will tackle the world of modeling, but unlike Nicolas Winding Refn‘s “The Neon Demon,” a lurid take on women trying to break into the industry, Ostlund will look at models trying to get out.
Continue reading Palme d’Or Winner Ruben Ostlund To Direct ‘Triangle Of Sadness’ at The Playlist.
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Variety reports that Ostlund will helm “Triangle Of Sadness.” The filmmaker will tackle the world of modeling, but unlike Nicolas Winding Refn‘s “The Neon Demon,” a lurid take on women trying to break into the industry, Ostlund will look at models trying to get out.
Continue reading Palme d’Or Winner Ruben Ostlund To Direct ‘Triangle Of Sadness’ at The Playlist.
- 6/9/2017
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Picking the best movies of any century is hard, but it’s especially challenging when dealing with a century of cinema as boundary-pushing as the 21st. IndieWire critics Eric Kohn and David Ehrlich made their own top 10 picks last summer, with Leos Carax’s “Holy Motors” and Sofia Coppola’s “Lost in Translation” taking the top spots, and now some of the best filmmakers in the business have weighed in with their own choices in a new survey from The New York Times.
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The newspaper reached out to the likes of Coppola, Denis Villeneuve, Antoine Fuqua, Alex Gibney and more to pick their brains on what is the best cinema has been over the last 17 years, and their answers are as expected (of course “No Country for Old Men” and “There Will Be Blood” have a...
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The newspaper reached out to the likes of Coppola, Denis Villeneuve, Antoine Fuqua, Alex Gibney and more to pick their brains on what is the best cinema has been over the last 17 years, and their answers are as expected (of course “No Country for Old Men” and “There Will Be Blood” have a...
- 6/9/2017
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Releasing arthouse films is as challenging as ever, but there are grounds for optimism.
“For foreign-language films, you really have to have something quite exceptional to break the £1m ($1.3m) mark,” says Louisa Dent, managing director and acquisitions chief at UK arthouse distributor Curzon Artificial Eye.
Given the UK’s shared language with the dominant provider of film and its overall cultural pivot towards North America rather than continental Europe, the territory has always been seen as a challenge for sellers of foreign-language fare.
The advent of digital distribution has created a more crowded marketplace than ever. But Dent suggests the problem is not so much that audiences are dwindling as the changing nature of the product.
“If you get a really good classical piece of French cinema, a Coco Before Chanel or an Amélie, they still work,” she says. “But that sort of film hasn’t cropped up as much. What we are...
“For foreign-language films, you really have to have something quite exceptional to break the £1m ($1.3m) mark,” says Louisa Dent, managing director and acquisitions chief at UK arthouse distributor Curzon Artificial Eye.
Given the UK’s shared language with the dominant provider of film and its overall cultural pivot towards North America rather than continental Europe, the territory has always been seen as a challenge for sellers of foreign-language fare.
The advent of digital distribution has created a more crowded marketplace than ever. But Dent suggests the problem is not so much that audiences are dwindling as the changing nature of the product.
“If you get a really good classical piece of French cinema, a Coco Before Chanel or an Amélie, they still work,” she says. “But that sort of film hasn’t cropped up as much. What we are...
- 6/2/2017
- ScreenDaily
Ruben Östlund is riding high this week, as the newly-crowned winner of the Palme d'Or for his latest film, The Square, which premiered in Cannes a week last Saturday. It's a continuation of themes Östlund explored in his last film, Force Majeure, about the burden of human intelligence and societal propriety inasmuch as it contradicts with our more base desires. But with laughs. In The Square, Claes Bang plays Christian, a well-to-do artistic director at a contemporary a…...
- 5/29/2017
- Deadline
Updated: After being snubbed by the Academy in 2015 when his lauded (and Un Certain Regard-winning) Force Majeure did not make the nominees list in the Foreign Language Oscar category, Ruben Ostlund just walked away with the Cannes Film Festival’s highest honor. His The Square, an art world satire that stars Claes Bang, Elisabeth Moss and Dominic West, won this year’s Palme d’Or here tonight. When Ostlund did not get an Oscar nomination in 2015, he good-naturedly released…...
- 5/28/2017
- Deadline
The 70th annual Cannes Film Festival came to a close Sunday night with the main competition awards ceremony at the Palais des Festivals.
The Square, by Swedish writer-director Ruben Ostlund, won the top prize, the Palme d'Or. The satire — the follow-up to Ostlund's 2014 international hit Force Majeure — explores Swedish art, commerce, politics and national identity and stars Claes Bang and Elisabeth Moss.
The story centers on a man who is overseeing a new art installation called "The Square" — a sanctuary where anyone entering is supposed to abide by humanitarian values <span style="font-size:...
The Square, by Swedish writer-director Ruben Ostlund, won the top prize, the Palme d'Or. The satire — the follow-up to Ostlund's 2014 international hit Force Majeure — explores Swedish art, commerce, politics and national identity and stars Claes Bang and Elisabeth Moss.
The story centers on a man who is overseeing a new art installation called "The Square" — a sanctuary where anyone entering is supposed to abide by humanitarian values <span style="font-size:...
- 5/25/2017
- by Rebecca Ford,Rhonda Richford
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Ruben Ostlund’s “Force Majeure” was a masterful look at family bonds tested by a single unexpected moment; his new movie, “The Square,” has too many masterful moments in search of a good movie. It’s further evidence that the Swedish director has a wonderful eye for deadpan comedy that can pitch into despair at any moment, but Ostlund’s story veers off in so many directions that it’s almost like he can’t decide if any of them are worth the trip.
At once a high-minded art world satire and a “Curb Your Enthusiasm”-style cringe comedy, it’s a tale of identity crisis that faces one of its own.
Technically, “The Square” was inspired by a 2014 installation project by Ostlund designed to test participants’ moral code, which is similar to the piece hosted at the gallery run by slick curator Christian (Claes Bang) that invites visitors to...
At once a high-minded art world satire and a “Curb Your Enthusiasm”-style cringe comedy, it’s a tale of identity crisis that faces one of its own.
Technically, “The Square” was inspired by a 2014 installation project by Ostlund designed to test participants’ moral code, which is similar to the piece hosted at the gallery run by slick curator Christian (Claes Bang) that invites visitors to...
- 5/21/2017
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
The reason that “The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected),” which debuted at the Cannes Film Festival this morning, won’t be an Oscar contender is that it will open day and date in a few theaters at the same time that it’s available online. While the now-customary Netflix boos broke out in the morning press screening, they were balanced by applause as well.
And while juror Pedro Almodovar has promised to give both Netflix movies (the other is Bong Joon Ho’s “Okja”) a fair shake, it doesn’t matter if “The Meyerowitz Stories” eventually wins a prize, or snags superb reviews for its acerbic slice of a New York Jewish family or sly comedic actors who deliver emotion as well as laughs. (Our own David Ehrlich is already raving.) If a movie doesn’t take the usual theater route to success, it is unlikely to gain any Oscar traction.
And while juror Pedro Almodovar has promised to give both Netflix movies (the other is Bong Joon Ho’s “Okja”) a fair shake, it doesn’t matter if “The Meyerowitz Stories” eventually wins a prize, or snags superb reviews for its acerbic slice of a New York Jewish family or sly comedic actors who deliver emotion as well as laughs. (Our own David Ehrlich is already raving.) If a movie doesn’t take the usual theater route to success, it is unlikely to gain any Oscar traction.
- 5/21/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
The reason that “The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected),” which debuted at the Cannes Film Festival this morning, won’t be an Oscar contender is that it will open day and date in a few theaters at the same time that it’s available online. While the now-customary Netflix boos broke out in the morning press screening, they were balanced by applause as well.
And while juror Pedro Almodovar has promised to give both Netflix movies (the other is Bong Joon Ho’s “Okja”) a fair shake, it doesn’t matter if “The Meyerowitz Stories” eventually wins a prize, or snags superb reviews for its acerbic slice of a New York Jewish family or sly comedic actors who deliver emotion as well as laughs. (Our own David Ehrlich is already raving.) If a movie doesn’t take the usual theater route to success, it is unlikely to gain any Oscar traction.
And while juror Pedro Almodovar has promised to give both Netflix movies (the other is Bong Joon Ho’s “Okja”) a fair shake, it doesn’t matter if “The Meyerowitz Stories” eventually wins a prize, or snags superb reviews for its acerbic slice of a New York Jewish family or sly comedic actors who deliver emotion as well as laughs. (Our own David Ehrlich is already raving.) If a movie doesn’t take the usual theater route to success, it is unlikely to gain any Oscar traction.
- 5/21/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
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.
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- 5/20/2017
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
There are numerous laugh out load moments in The Square, Ruben Ostland's satirical Cannes competition title that has its world premiere Saturday. But one of the film's more peculiar scenes involves a monkey that randomly appears – without any form of introduction and discussion – in Elizabeth Moss' character's apartment.
"Anything can happen in a movie when suddenly a monkey appears in an apartment," said Ostland, who last came to Cannes two years ago with Force Majeure. "I love monkeys. And I think that human beings love looking at monkeys, because we are reflecting ourselves in looking at them. Everything should...
"Anything can happen in a movie when suddenly a monkey appears in an apartment," said Ostland, who last came to Cannes two years ago with Force Majeure. "I love monkeys. And I think that human beings love looking at monkeys, because we are reflecting ourselves in looking at them. Everything should...
- 5/20/2017
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Swedish writer-director Ruben Ostlund takes modern society’s temperature and finds it dangerously overheated in the madly ambitious and frequently disquieting The Square. Following his unnerving 2014 international hit Force Majeure with a work that addresses some of the world’s pressing ills with very dark and queasy comedy, Ostlund juggles quite a few balls here, arguably a few too many to keep them all airborne for nearly two-and-a-half hours; some significant cutting would unquestionably improve the film’s critical and commercial prospects. But it’s still a potent, disturbing work that explores the boundaries of political correctness, artistic liberty and free speech in...
- 5/19/2017
- by Todd McCarthy
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Cannes Competition title sells to Spain, Argentina, Poland.
The Coproduction Office has done a slew of pre-Cannes sales on Ruben Ostlund’s Competition title The Square ahead of its world premiere on Saturday.
Latest deals include for Spain (Avalon), Argentina (Cdi) and Poland (buyer not yet announced).
Previous deals include for the Us (Magnolia), UK (Curzon/Artificial Eye), Germany (Alamode), Sweden (TriArt), France and Benelux (Bac), Denmark/Iceland/Norway/Finland (Scanbox, with Arthaus in Norway and Finnkino in Finland), Switzerland (Xenis), Greece (Feelgood), Portugal (Alambique), baltics (Must Kasi), former Yugoslavia (Demiurg), Hungary (Cirko), Czech and Slovak Republics (Film Europe) and Turkey (Bir Film).
Philippe Bober’s The Coproduction Office has been a long-time sales partner for Ostlund’s films, starting with Involuntary in 2008, and continuing with Play and Force Majeure.
Bober said: “The Square has been pre-bought mostly by the distributors of Force Majeure on script basis, long before Cannes’ selection was made. The Square has a rich...
The Coproduction Office has done a slew of pre-Cannes sales on Ruben Ostlund’s Competition title The Square ahead of its world premiere on Saturday.
Latest deals include for Spain (Avalon), Argentina (Cdi) and Poland (buyer not yet announced).
Previous deals include for the Us (Magnolia), UK (Curzon/Artificial Eye), Germany (Alamode), Sweden (TriArt), France and Benelux (Bac), Denmark/Iceland/Norway/Finland (Scanbox, with Arthaus in Norway and Finnkino in Finland), Switzerland (Xenis), Greece (Feelgood), Portugal (Alambique), baltics (Must Kasi), former Yugoslavia (Demiurg), Hungary (Cirko), Czech and Slovak Republics (Film Europe) and Turkey (Bir Film).
Philippe Bober’s The Coproduction Office has been a long-time sales partner for Ostlund’s films, starting with Involuntary in 2008, and continuing with Play and Force Majeure.
Bober said: “The Square has been pre-bought mostly by the distributors of Force Majeure on script basis, long before Cannes’ selection was made. The Square has a rich...
- 5/18/2017
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Every week we dive into the cream of the crop when it comes to home releases, including Blu-ray and DVDs, as well as recommended deals of the week. Check out our rundown below and return every Tuesday for the best (or most interesting) films one can take home. Note that if you’re looking to support the site, every purchase you make through the links below helps us and is greatly appreciated.
The Age of Shadows (Kim Ji-woon)
Eyebrows were raised when it was announced that South Korea will submit the as-yet-unreleased espionage thriller The Age of Shadows for Oscar consideration instead of Cannes hits The Handmaiden and The Wailing. Premiering out of competition at the 73rd Venice Film Festival, writer/director Jee-woon Kim’s return to Korean-language cinema after a brief stint in Hollywood with the Schwarzenegger-starrer The Last Stand turns out to be a worthy choice that makes...
The Age of Shadows (Kim Ji-woon)
Eyebrows were raised when it was announced that South Korea will submit the as-yet-unreleased espionage thriller The Age of Shadows for Oscar consideration instead of Cannes hits The Handmaiden and The Wailing. Premiering out of competition at the 73rd Venice Film Festival, writer/director Jee-woon Kim’s return to Korean-language cinema after a brief stint in Hollywood with the Schwarzenegger-starrer The Last Stand turns out to be a worthy choice that makes...
- 5/2/2017
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
Every week we dive into the cream of the crop when it comes to home releases, including Blu-ray and DVDs, as well as recommended deals of the week. Check out our rundown below and return every Tuesday for the best (or most interesting) films one can take home. Note that if you’re looking to support the site, every purchase you make through the links below helps us and is greatly appreciated.
Anatahan (Josef von Sternberg)
Josef von Sternberg called Anatahan his best film. Borne from more than a decade’s worth of frustration with the studio system, it was, as the last picture he completed, his stamp on his time as a director. Even then, when released in 1953, it was only released in a butchered format, and, as it often goes in such cases, was subsequently abandoned by popular consciousness. But a few times each year, cinephiles (at least...
Anatahan (Josef von Sternberg)
Josef von Sternberg called Anatahan his best film. Borne from more than a decade’s worth of frustration with the studio system, it was, as the last picture he completed, his stamp on his time as a director. Even then, when released in 1953, it was only released in a butchered format, and, as it often goes in such cases, was subsequently abandoned by popular consciousness. But a few times each year, cinephiles (at least...
- 4/25/2017
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
Every week we dive into the cream of the crop when it comes to home releases, including Blu-ray and DVDs, as well as recommended deals of the week. Check out our rundown below and return every Tuesday for the best (or most interesting) films one can take home. Note that if you’re looking to support the site, every purchase you make through the links below helps us and is greatly appreciated.
Donnie Darko (Richard Kelly)
Last year marked the 15-year anniversary of Richard Kelly’s debut cult curio, Donnie Darko. While the film’s cult-status has elevated it into its own separate canon alongside other 21st-century indie-cult hits, Kelly’s two other films — the positively delirious and daring Southland Tales and the labyrinthine sci-fi period piece The Box — prove that he is a director deserving of much greater consideration. Sadly it’s been about eight years since a new...
Donnie Darko (Richard Kelly)
Last year marked the 15-year anniversary of Richard Kelly’s debut cult curio, Donnie Darko. While the film’s cult-status has elevated it into its own separate canon alongside other 21st-century indie-cult hits, Kelly’s two other films — the positively delirious and daring Southland Tales and the labyrinthine sci-fi period piece The Box — prove that he is a director deserving of much greater consideration. Sadly it’s been about eight years since a new...
- 4/18/2017
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
Every week we dive into the cream of the crop when it comes to home releases, including Blu-ray and DVDs, as well as recommended deals of the week. Check out our rundown below and return every Tuesday for the best (or most interesting) films one can take home. Note that if you’re looking to support the site, every purchase you make through the links below helps us and is greatly appreciated.
Daughters of the Dust (Julie Dash)
At the dawn of the 20th century, a multi-generational family in the Gullah community on the Sea Islands off of South Carolina – former West African slaves who adopted many of their ancestors’ Yoruba traditions – struggle to maintain their cultural heritage and folklore while contemplating a migration to the mainland, even further from their roots. Cohen Media Group is proud to present the 25th anniversary restoration of director Julie Dash’s landmark film Daughters of the Dust.
Daughters of the Dust (Julie Dash)
At the dawn of the 20th century, a multi-generational family in the Gullah community on the Sea Islands off of South Carolina – former West African slaves who adopted many of their ancestors’ Yoruba traditions – struggle to maintain their cultural heritage and folklore while contemplating a migration to the mainland, even further from their roots. Cohen Media Group is proud to present the 25th anniversary restoration of director Julie Dash’s landmark film Daughters of the Dust.
- 4/11/2017
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
Every week we dive into the cream of the crop when it comes to home releases, including Blu-ray and DVDs, as well as recommended deals of the week. Check out our rundown below and return every Tuesday for the best (or most interesting) films one can take home. Note that if you’re looking to support the site, every purchase you make through the links below helps us and is greatly appreciated.
Paterson (Jim Jarmusch)
Jim Jarmusch proved he was back in a major way with Only Lovers Left Alive a few years ago, and the streak continues with Paterson, a calm, introspective drama with such positive views on marriage and creativity that I was left floored. In following the cyclical life of Adam Driver‘s Paterson, a bus driver in Paterson, New Jersey, who also has dreams of being a poet, Jarmusch superbly shows that one’s own life...
Paterson (Jim Jarmusch)
Jim Jarmusch proved he was back in a major way with Only Lovers Left Alive a few years ago, and the streak continues with Paterson, a calm, introspective drama with such positive views on marriage and creativity that I was left floored. In following the cyclical life of Adam Driver‘s Paterson, a bus driver in Paterson, New Jersey, who also has dreams of being a poet, Jarmusch superbly shows that one’s own life...
- 4/4/2017
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
Every week we dive into the cream of the crop when it comes to home releases, including Blu-ray and DVDs, as well as recommended deals of the week. Check out our rundown below and return every Tuesday for the best (or most interesting) films one can take home. Note that if you’re looking to support the site, every purchase you make through the links below helps us and is greatly appreciated.
20th Century Women (Mike Mills)
That emotional profundity most directors try to build to across an entire film? Mike Mills achieves it in every scene of 20th Century Women. There’s such a debilitating warmness to both the vibrant aesthetic and construction of its dynamic characters as Mills quickly soothes one into his story that you’re all the more caught off-guard as the flurry of emotional wallops are presented. Without ever hitting a tonal misstep, Mills’ latest...
20th Century Women (Mike Mills)
That emotional profundity most directors try to build to across an entire film? Mike Mills achieves it in every scene of 20th Century Women. There’s such a debilitating warmness to both the vibrant aesthetic and construction of its dynamic characters as Mills quickly soothes one into his story that you’re all the more caught off-guard as the flurry of emotional wallops are presented. Without ever hitting a tonal misstep, Mills’ latest...
- 3/28/2017
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
Every week we dive into the cream of the crop when it comes to home releases, including Blu-ray and DVDs, as well as recommended deals of the week. Check out our rundown below and return every Tuesday for the best (or most interesting) films one can take home. Note that if you’re looking to support the site, every purchase you make through the links below helps us and is greatly appreciated.
Being There (Hal Ashby)
On paper, there’s an implausibility to the central conceit of Being There that could have resulted in a four-quadrant studio comedy forgotten soon after its release. However, with Hal Ashby’s delicate touch — bringing Jerzy Kosiński and Robert C. Jones‘ adaptation to life — and Peter Sellers‘ innocent deadpan delivery, this 1979 film is a carefully observed look at how those we interact with can offer an introspective mirror into our own lives. “There’s so much left to do,...
Being There (Hal Ashby)
On paper, there’s an implausibility to the central conceit of Being There that could have resulted in a four-quadrant studio comedy forgotten soon after its release. However, with Hal Ashby’s delicate touch — bringing Jerzy Kosiński and Robert C. Jones‘ adaptation to life — and Peter Sellers‘ innocent deadpan delivery, this 1979 film is a carefully observed look at how those we interact with can offer an introspective mirror into our own lives. “There’s so much left to do,...
- 3/21/2017
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
On DVD, Blu-ray And Digital Download 20th March 2017 The Chamber is a claustrophobic survival thriller set beneath the Yellow Sea where the pilot of a small submersible craft and a three-man Special Ops team become trapped underwater in a fight for survival. Features gripping performances from Johannes Kuhnke (Force Majeure) and Charlotte Salt (The …
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- 3/20/2017
- by Horrornews.net
- Horror News
Megan McGill Mar 20, 2017
Fancy some graphic novels that don't involve a Marvel or DC hero? Try some of these...
You don't need to tell comic book and graphic novel fans that there's a whole lot more than superheroes out there. However, if you're just starting to dabble, might we make a few recommendations...?
Sweet Tooth
Put Mad Max in some plaid, make him feel a little Wolverine circa X-Men: Origins, add some creepy Wes Anderson stop-motion animals, and you’ll get Sweet Tooth, the post-apocalyptic story of human-animal hybrids in rural Nebraska. You may be familiar with Jeff Lemire’s other work on Animal Man and Green Lantern, or his acclaimed graphic novel Essex County, but for me, Sweet Tooth really is something special. Running from 2009 to 2013, this forty-issue arc centres around Gus, a young boy with antlers living with his strictly religious father in a world infected by some sort of plague.
Fancy some graphic novels that don't involve a Marvel or DC hero? Try some of these...
You don't need to tell comic book and graphic novel fans that there's a whole lot more than superheroes out there. However, if you're just starting to dabble, might we make a few recommendations...?
Sweet Tooth
Put Mad Max in some plaid, make him feel a little Wolverine circa X-Men: Origins, add some creepy Wes Anderson stop-motion animals, and you’ll get Sweet Tooth, the post-apocalyptic story of human-animal hybrids in rural Nebraska. You may be familiar with Jeff Lemire’s other work on Animal Man and Green Lantern, or his acclaimed graphic novel Essex County, but for me, Sweet Tooth really is something special. Running from 2009 to 2013, this forty-issue arc centres around Gus, a young boy with antlers living with his strictly religious father in a world infected by some sort of plague.
- 3/13/2017
- Den of Geek
To celebrate the release of The Chamber, which will be screening at this year’s Glasgow Film Festival, Sunday 19th February 8.40pm (this will be followed by a Q&A with writer/director Ben Parker), and Monday 20th February at 1.15pm, we have a poster of the film and a DVD bundle containing In Fear, Kill List, The Wave, and The Assassin, courtesy of StudioCanal.
The Chamber is a claustrophobic survival thriller set beneath the Yellow Sea where the pilot of a small submersible craft and a three-man Special Ops team become trapped underwater in a fight for survival. Features gripping performances from Johannes Kuhnke (Force Majeure) and Charlotte Salt (The Musketeers), playing the pilot and leader of the crew who find themselves not only fighting for survival, but against each other as the air supply runs out. Plus, a haunting, atmospheric score by James Dean Bradfield of the Manic Street Preachers...
The Chamber is a claustrophobic survival thriller set beneath the Yellow Sea where the pilot of a small submersible craft and a three-man Special Ops team become trapped underwater in a fight for survival. Features gripping performances from Johannes Kuhnke (Force Majeure) and Charlotte Salt (The Musketeers), playing the pilot and leader of the crew who find themselves not only fighting for survival, but against each other as the air supply runs out. Plus, a haunting, atmospheric score by James Dean Bradfield of the Manic Street Preachers...
- 2/17/2017
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
As the ice flows thaw in the 24-hour daylight of a northern Norwegian summer, so too does the relationship of a father and son in Thomas Arslan’s Bright Nights, a consciously meditative but rather straightforward three-act road movie that takes just the bare minimum of plot points along for the ride. Combining an ambient use of imagery and music with a simple and sparse approach to dialogue, Arslan’s seventh feature as director might remind the viewer of the work of a small group of American independent filmmakers who broke out in the mid-to-late 2000s who were, at the time, collectively referred to as the neo-neo-realists by New York Times critic A.O. Scott. Indeed, you can see much of the work of Ramin Bahrani and Kelly Reichardt on display here, though, crucially, not their most profound gift as filmmakers: being able to divulge a great deal about a character...
- 2/13/2017
- by Rory O'Connor
- The Film Stage
From the Berlin Film Festival comes the news that two young actors who made big splashes a few years back are set to star in new films: Bel Powley (“Diary of a Teenage Girl”) will headline Marius A. Markevicius’ “Ashes in the Snow,” while Ellar Coltrane of “Boyhood” is co-starring alongside John Cusack in Lucky McKee’s thriller “Misfortune.” Avail yourself of a photo from the latter below.
Read More: The 2017 IndieWire Berlinale Bible: Every Review, Interview and News Item Posted During the Festival
Here’s the synopsis for “Ashes in the Snow”: “Based on the internationally best-selling novel ‘Between Shades of Gray’ by Ruta Sepetys, ‘Ashes in the Snow’ introduces us to Lina, a sixteen-year-old budding artist in 1941 Lithuania, who along with her mother and young brother are deported by the Soviets to a Siberian work camp. Faced with years of hard labor in an unforgiving climate, Lina...
Read More: The 2017 IndieWire Berlinale Bible: Every Review, Interview and News Item Posted During the Festival
Here’s the synopsis for “Ashes in the Snow”: “Based on the internationally best-selling novel ‘Between Shades of Gray’ by Ruta Sepetys, ‘Ashes in the Snow’ introduces us to Lina, a sixteen-year-old budding artist in 1941 Lithuania, who along with her mother and young brother are deported by the Soviets to a Siberian work camp. Faced with years of hard labor in an unforgiving climate, Lina...
- 2/12/2017
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
Chalk this up as yet another one of those "what if?" Hollywood missed connections. Passengers, the sci-fi movie starring Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence, ended up being...not great. Despite being a vehicle for two of the world's hottest movie stars, the film's marketing team did a pretty crafty job of hiding the movie's main conflict from all of its trailers and TV spots. I'm going to give away the film's premise, so if you don't want to know what it's really about, turn back now.
While the trailers make you think that Pratt and Lawrence's characters are woken up from cryo-sleep at the same time (90 years before their ship arrives at its destination), that's not the case. Pratt's chamber malfunctions and he spends a year trying to fix it. When he realizes that he'll be forced to spend the rest of his life on board a massive spaceship all alone,...
While the trailers make you think that Pratt and Lawrence's characters are woken up from cryo-sleep at the same time (90 years before their ship arrives at its destination), that's not the case. Pratt's chamber malfunctions and he spends a year trying to fix it. When he realizes that he'll be forced to spend the rest of his life on board a massive spaceship all alone,...
- 2/12/2017
- by Ben Pearson
- GeekTyrant
With its Black List approved script by Jon Spaihts, Keanu Reeves‘ dogged commitment to star that kept him attached for years (while Reese Witherspoon and Rachel McAdams circled in and out of co-starring slots), and endless cycles of development that saw the project at The Weinstein Company, eyed by Focus Features, and finally landing at Sony, it’s a shame that “Passengers” starring Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence was such a disappointment.
Continue reading ‘Force Majeure’ Director Ruben Ostlund Explains Why Producers Turned Down His Pitch To Direct ‘Passengers’ at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘Force Majeure’ Director Ruben Ostlund Explains Why Producers Turned Down His Pitch To Direct ‘Passengers’ at The Playlist.
- 2/8/2017
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Projects participated in the Nordic festival’s works in progress event.
Ruben Ostlund got buyers and festival programmers hopping with excitement in Goteborg as he presented the first footage from his forthcoming fifth feature The Square during the festival’s work in progress pitches.
Ostlund screened about seven minutes from one scene of the new film, during which a controversial performance artist (played by Terry Notary) makes guests at a black-tie art gala very uncomfortable. “You know I love awkward situations,” the director said.
Goteborg’s audience of industry experts commented that they were impressed by the confidence of the unnerving scene, which showed Ostlund working on a bigger scale even than his last hit, Force Majeure.
At a festival session later for the public, Ostlund previewed a second clip from the film, in which a museum director (Claes Bang) delivers a self-centered video apology to a boy he had accused of being a thief.
Another high-profile...
Ruben Ostlund got buyers and festival programmers hopping with excitement in Goteborg as he presented the first footage from his forthcoming fifth feature The Square during the festival’s work in progress pitches.
Ostlund screened about seven minutes from one scene of the new film, during which a controversial performance artist (played by Terry Notary) makes guests at a black-tie art gala very uncomfortable. “You know I love awkward situations,” the director said.
Goteborg’s audience of industry experts commented that they were impressed by the confidence of the unnerving scene, which showed Ostlund working on a bigger scale even than his last hit, Force Majeure.
At a festival session later for the public, Ostlund previewed a second clip from the film, in which a museum director (Claes Bang) delivers a self-centered video apology to a boy he had accused of being a thief.
Another high-profile...
- 2/6/2017
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
StudioCanal have released the official UK trailer for the claustrophobic suspenseful thriller The Chamber, which stars Johannes Kuhnke, Charlotte Salt, James McArdle, and Elliot Levey.
The Chamber is a claustrophobic survival thriller set beneath the Yellow Sea where the pilot of a small submersible craft and a three-man Special Ops team become trapped underwater in a fight for survival. Stars Johannes Kuhnke (Force Majeure) and Charlotte Salt (The Musketeers) as the pilot and leader of the crew who must fight for their lives and against each other as the water rises and air supply runs out. Includes a haunting, atmospheric score by James Dean Bradfield of the Manic Street Preachers (in his first work for film), which adds to the claustrophobic tension of this taut survival thriller.
The feature film debut of writer/director Ben Parker, The Chamber will be released in cinemas on 10th March 2017; and on DVD, Blu-ray...
The Chamber is a claustrophobic survival thriller set beneath the Yellow Sea where the pilot of a small submersible craft and a three-man Special Ops team become trapped underwater in a fight for survival. Stars Johannes Kuhnke (Force Majeure) and Charlotte Salt (The Musketeers) as the pilot and leader of the crew who must fight for their lives and against each other as the water rises and air supply runs out. Includes a haunting, atmospheric score by James Dean Bradfield of the Manic Street Preachers (in his first work for film), which adds to the claustrophobic tension of this taut survival thriller.
The feature film debut of writer/director Ben Parker, The Chamber will be released in cinemas on 10th March 2017; and on DVD, Blu-ray...
- 2/1/2017
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
The Square
Director: Ruben Ostlund
Writer: Ruben Ostlund
While plans are underway for an English language remake of Swedish director Ruben Ostlund’s internationally lauded Force Majeure (2014), the auteur proceeds with his own English language debut, The Square.
Continue reading...
Director: Ruben Ostlund
Writer: Ruben Ostlund
While plans are underway for an English language remake of Swedish director Ruben Ostlund’s internationally lauded Force Majeure (2014), the auteur proceeds with his own English language debut, The Square.
Continue reading...
- 1/9/2017
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
A mainstay of both Cinema Scope and Reverse Shot (not to mention plenty of other publications), Adam Nayman is one of our sharpest film critics. This is evidenced in his previous book, It Doesn’t Suck, a thorough defense of Paul Verhoeven’s Showgirls that only solidified the film maudit as something of a modern classic. He’s now turned his attention to another divisive figure with Ben Wheatley: Confusion and Carnage. While Nayman has shown in much of his writing a skepticism towards the lionization of certain genre directors in Internet circles, he makes a compelling case for the still yet-to-quite-breakthrough Wheatley as a wholly intelligent filmmaker whose ideas transcend Tumblr screencaps. He sat down with us to discuss his new book, Wheatley, and other issues within film culture.
The Film Stage: In comparison to your last book, It Doesn’t Suck, do you think this was a bigger or smaller task?...
The Film Stage: In comparison to your last book, It Doesn’t Suck, do you think this was a bigger or smaller task?...
- 12/1/2016
- by Ethan Vestby
- The Film Stage
With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options — not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves — we’ve taken it upon ourselves to highlight the titles that have recently hit platforms. Every week, one will be able to see the cream of the crop (or perhaps some simply interesting picks) of streaming titles (new and old) across platforms such as Netflix, iTunes, Amazon, and more (note: U.S. only). Check out our rundown for this week’s selections below.
Amour Fou (Jessica Hausner)
An ecstatically original work of film-history-philosophy with a digital-cinema palette of acutely crafted compositions. Amour Fou seamlessly blends together the paintings of Vermeer, the acting of Bresson, and the psychological undercurrents of a Dostoevsky novel. It is an intensely thrilling and often slyly comic work that manages to combine a passionately dispassionate love story of the highest order with a larger socio-historical examination of a new era of freedom,...
Amour Fou (Jessica Hausner)
An ecstatically original work of film-history-philosophy with a digital-cinema palette of acutely crafted compositions. Amour Fou seamlessly blends together the paintings of Vermeer, the acting of Bresson, and the psychological undercurrents of a Dostoevsky novel. It is an intensely thrilling and often slyly comic work that manages to combine a passionately dispassionate love story of the highest order with a larger socio-historical examination of a new era of freedom,...
- 11/18/2016
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
Magnolia Pictures has snagged the U.S. distribution rights for “The Square,” from “Force Majeure” writer and director Ruben Ostlund. The film, which stars Elisabeth Moss, Dominic West and Claes Bang, is about a museum manager whose plans to promote an art exhibit focused on altruism spirals out of control and sparks a public uproar. Moss plays a journalist reporting on the exhibit. “The Square” is Ostlund’s followup to 2014’s “Force Majeure,” which was nominated for a Golden Globe. That film follows the marital tension of a Swedish couple trapped in an avalanche when their ski trip goes awry.
- 9/9/2016
- by Matt Pressberg
- The Wrap
Us distributor has announced a raft of promotions ahead of Tiff.
On the eve of Toronto International Film Festival (Sept 8-18), Magnolia Pictures president Eamonn Bowles has promoted Dori Begley and Matt Cowal to co-executive vice president, Sarah Hack to head of business affairs & legal, and John Von Thaden to head of acquisitions.
“To a person, they’ve exceeded expectations every step of the way,” said Bowles.
Begley was formerly at Sony Pictures Classics and joined as director of acquisitions in 2007, climbing to senior vice-president of acquisitions in 2011.
Her role expands to oversee Us sales on Magnolia’s library as well as new distribution initiatives for alternative content.
Cowal also joined in 2007 and has served as senior vice-president of marketing and publicity since 2011.
He has spearheaded campaigns on Food, Inc, as well as Blackfish and Force Majeure.
Hack has worked in the business affairs and legal department for four years. She will provide...
On the eve of Toronto International Film Festival (Sept 8-18), Magnolia Pictures president Eamonn Bowles has promoted Dori Begley and Matt Cowal to co-executive vice president, Sarah Hack to head of business affairs & legal, and John Von Thaden to head of acquisitions.
“To a person, they’ve exceeded expectations every step of the way,” said Bowles.
Begley was formerly at Sony Pictures Classics and joined as director of acquisitions in 2007, climbing to senior vice-president of acquisitions in 2011.
Her role expands to oversee Us sales on Magnolia’s library as well as new distribution initiatives for alternative content.
Cowal also joined in 2007 and has served as senior vice-president of marketing and publicity since 2011.
He has spearheaded campaigns on Food, Inc, as well as Blackfish and Force Majeure.
Hack has worked in the business affairs and legal department for four years. She will provide...
- 9/7/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Hannes Holm’s comedy-drama won three Guldbagges, Sweden’s top local film prize.
Sweden has selected Hannes Holm’s A Man Called Ove as its submission for this year’s foreign-language Oscar race.
The film, adapted from Fredrik Backman’s bestseller, has been a record-breaking box-office success in Sweden.
The heartfelt comedy-drama is about a cantankerous old man, Ove (Rolf Lassgård), whose very ordered world is shaken when he has to interact with his new neighbours.
“That A Man Called Ove would be selected as the Swedish contribution to the Oscars feels like a fairytale that never ends. It’s just fantastic and such an honour,” commented Annica Bellander Rune, who produced alongside Nicklas Wikström Nicastro.
Music Box Films has North American rights and will release on Sept 30.
TrustNordisk handles sales and other key distributors are Paradis for France, September for Benelux, Telemunchen for Germany, Silver Box/Russian Report for Russia, Medallion For Japan...
Sweden has selected Hannes Holm’s A Man Called Ove as its submission for this year’s foreign-language Oscar race.
The film, adapted from Fredrik Backman’s bestseller, has been a record-breaking box-office success in Sweden.
The heartfelt comedy-drama is about a cantankerous old man, Ove (Rolf Lassgård), whose very ordered world is shaken when he has to interact with his new neighbours.
“That A Man Called Ove would be selected as the Swedish contribution to the Oscars feels like a fairytale that never ends. It’s just fantastic and such an honour,” commented Annica Bellander Rune, who produced alongside Nicklas Wikström Nicastro.
Music Box Films has North American rights and will release on Sept 30.
TrustNordisk handles sales and other key distributors are Paradis for France, September for Benelux, Telemunchen for Germany, Silver Box/Russian Report for Russia, Medallion For Japan...
- 9/1/2016
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
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