Friday, Oct. 27, 2017

Swedish filmmaker Ruben Ostlund's last film, "Force Majeure," began with the rumble of an alpine avalanche and the wallop of a shattered self-image. When a swelling white tide appears headed straight for an outdoor cafe, a panicked father flees with his iPhone, but not his children or wife....

Sunday, May. 28, 2017

The Cannes Film Festival awarded its coveted Palme d'Or award to Ruben Ostlund's Swedish comedy "The Square" on Sunday, while Sofia Coppola became only the second woman to win the best director award.

"Oh my god! OK," the Swedish filmmaker exclaimed after he bounded onto the stage to...

Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014

It’s been a memorable awards season for The Square (Netflix) which this year earned an Oscar nomination for Best Feature Documentary while winning for director Jehane Noujaim the coveted DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary....

Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014

Directors of Egypt's first Oscar-nominated film will be walking the red carpet at the Oscars ceremony next week in Los Angeles, but most Egyptians have yet to see the hard-hitting movie that chronicles the country's unrest over the past three years.

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Monday, Jan. 13, 2014

Directors Guild of America President Paris Barclay, president of the Directors Guild of America, has announced the five nominees for the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentaries for 2013.  Four of the filmmakers are first-time nominees;...

Friday, Dec. 6, 2013

Winners in the International Documentary Association’s 2013 IDA Documentary Awards were announced during tonight’s program, giving Jehane Noujaim’s THE SQUARE top honors with the Best Feature Award. The first major film acquisition by Netflix, THE SQUARE follows a...

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