Tag: Force Majeure
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‘Triangle of Sadness’ Director Ruben Östlund to Preside Over Cannes Jury
Ruben Östlund, the Oscar-nominated director whose latest film “Triangle of Sadness” won last year’s Palme d’Or at Cannes, will be back at the French festival to preside over the jury of its 76th edition.Östlund is a Cannes regular, having won the festival’s top prize twice, for “Triangle of Sadness” in 2022 and for “The Square”…
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Ruben Östlund named jury president of 76th Cannes Film Festival
Appointment comes 50 years after fellow Swede Ingrid Bergman presided over 1973 festival jury.Two-time Palme d’Or-winning Swedish filmmaker Ruben Östlund has been named president of the jury for the 76th Cannes Film Festival, running May 16-27.The director, known for his darkly comic social satires, will make his Croisette return following his second Palme d’Or win…
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Neon Acquires Ruben Östlund’s ‘Triangle of Sadness’ Out of Cannes
The deals at Cannes keep coming.Neon has now acquired the North American distribution rights to Ruben Östlund’s satire “Triangle of Sadness,” which is playing in the main competition at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.The English-language film from the Palme d’Or winning director of “The Square” and “Force Majeure” stars Harris Dickinson, Charlbi Dean, Woody Harrelson,…
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The Triangle of Sadness review – heavy-handed satire on the super-rich loses its shape
The new film from Palme d’Or winner Ruben Östlund takes aim at obvious targets, and makes a mess of hitting themStrident, derivative and dismayingly deficient in genuine laughs, Ruben Östlund’s new movie is a heavy-handed Euro-satire, without the subtlety and insight of his breakthrough movie Force Majeure, or the power of his comparable Palme-winning spectacle…
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‘Sonic the Hedgehog’ Joins Top Videogame Movies As ‘Birds of Prey’ Loses Box-Office Altitude
Two holidays, four new releases, and a few Oscar boosts made for a strong weekend. Though it fell behind last month’s stellar three days around Martin Luther King Day (which featured “Bad Boys for Life”), we saw an improvement of 25%, or $30 million, over the same dates last year. It’s another positive sign in…
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Inside Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ Five-Year Climb to Existential Sundance Drama ‘Downhill’
An avalanche isn’t the most desirable image to show packed movie houses at the base of a mountain in Utah, but it’s used to great effect in “Downhill,” an American riff on the Ruben Ostlund film “Force Majeure,” set to light up the Sundance film festival this week.Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Will Ferrell team for the…
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First Trailer for ‘Downhill’ Finds Will Ferrell and Julia Louis-Dreyfus on the Vacation from Hell
Fox Searchlight has released the first Downhill trailer for the upcoming American remake of the critically acclaimed Swedish comedy Force Majeure. This version of the story stars Will Ferrell and Julia Louis-Dreyfus as a married couple whose family ski vacation in the Alps is thrown into disarray when they’re forced to reevaluate their lives and…
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Sundance 2020 Lineup Includes Taylor Swift, Gloria Steinem Films
Oscar nominees such as Glenn Close, Viggo Mortensen, Ethan Hawke, and Benedict Cumberbatch will appear alongside newcomers at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, according to the lineup of 118 feature films announced Wednesday.The Utah-based festival will kick off Jan. 23 with several day-one films, including highly anticipated music documentary “Taylor Swift: Miss Americana,” and run…
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‘Force Majeure’ Remake Adds Will Ferrell and the Directors of ‘The Way Way Back’
Hollywood remakes of great foreign films have been common for ages and will always exist as long as most audiences avoid subtitles like the plague. So director Ruben Östlund’s Force Majeure getting remade with an all-star cast of comedic talent isn’t surprising. All I can say is “Good luck remaking one of the darkest and…
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Will Ferrell & Julia Louis-Dreyfus To Star In Nat Faxon And Jim Rash’s ‘Force Majeure’ Remake
Before you say it, we know — Hollywood is yet again making another (perhaps) pointless English-language remake of a great foreign film. That being said, there’s something interesting about the cast and crew that’s being put together for the upcoming remake of 2014’s “Force Majeure,” titled “Downhill.”According to Deadline, Will Ferrell and Julia Louis-Dreyfus are…