Flavorwire Interview: ‘The Square’ Director Ruben Östlund on Art, Satire, and Provocation

With his latest film The Square, Ruben Östlund continues his interest in the questions of human psychology and group behavior through the lens of a masculine figure, and again the crisis of masculinity is at the center of the story. Ostlund’s works portray men who are not always capable of comprehending what’s happening around them, […]

‘Force Majeure’ Director Ruben Östlund Details His Next Satire, Which Apparently Takes Its Name From a Botox Term

Ruben Östlund’s satire, Force Majeure, took on the world of bourgeois familial/gender norms, as heightened by the altitude of a disastrous ski trip. His next film — The Square, which we have yet to see, but which won the Palme D’Or this year at Cannes — took on the aristocratic art world. Now he’s announced his follow up […]

‘The Square’ by Swedish director Ostlund wins Palme d’Or at Cannes film festival

Published time: 28 May, 2017 18:15 Edited time: 28 May, 2017 18:49 The Square, directed by Ruben Ostlund, has landed the prestigious Palme d’Or at the Cannes film festival. The Swedish 43 year old director secured the most significant award of his career to date. “Oh my god! OK,” he exclaimed after he bounded onto […]