Sentences with phrase «director ruben»

Critical Conversations Editor Jason Farago is joined by Palme d'Or - winning director Ruben Östlund to discuss his new film The Square.

Unsurprisingly, a film tie - in was planned but has yet to materialise, before being picked up by Zombieland director Ruben Fleischer for a future release.

I suspect we're invited by director Ruben Östlund to view the sentiments behind this quote running counter to the logic of his own film.

I totally love the gorgeous shots of the mountains and the resort, and I love the way director Ruben Östlund gives us a very real skiing experience (unlike anything Hollywood has ever produced involving skiing).

«The Square» This was a peculiar year at the Cannes Film Festival, as a generation of filmmakers who follow in the footsteps of Michael Haneke and his austere brand of social critique managed to outshine the artist who inspired them: Yorgos Lanthimos» «The Killing a Sacred Deer,» Andrey Zvyagintsev's «Loveless» and this sprawling Palme d'Or winner from Swedish director Ruben Ostlund were each fresh provocations, while Haneke's «Happy End» felt like a worn - out greatest - hits record.

Force Majeure is a comedy of passive aggressiveness, a scathing satire of masculinity, delivered with Kubrickian unease by writer and director Ruben Östlund.

Like Eisenberg's previous collaboration with director Ruben Fleischer, Zombieland, this movie doesn't aim to be more than a fun, gleefully profane comic twist on a genre picture, and the two again succeed in achieving their goal.

Taika Waititi a.k.a. Taika Cohen, the New Zealand - born director whose credits also include the popular HBO comedy series «Flight of the Conchords» as well as «The Inbetweeners,» beat out Zombieland director Ruben Fleischer for the Thor: Ragnarok gig, while Rawson Marshall Thurber (Dodgeball) and Rob Letterman (Goosebumps) were the other finalists.

While director Ruben Fleischer is set to come back to direct the sequel, the original actors» deals are still up in the air.

Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick are working on the sequel's screenplay while director Ruben Fleischer will also return with producer Gavin Polone.

Magnolia Pictures has released the first Force Majeure trailer for writer / director Ruben Östlund's wickedly funny new film, which was one of my favorites of the Toronto International Film Festival (read my review here).

That's only going to make him more in demand, and he's got two original projects in the work alongside it: a secret genre project called «Vale» at Warner Bros, which «Gangster Squad» director Ruben Fleischer is involved with, and a script that Universal hope will become a new spy franchise.

Next up for Gosling is the intriguing «Gangster Squad» from «Zombieland» director Ruben Fleischer, an epic tale of the 1950's battle between LAPD and the mob, which is currently shooting in LA (Fleischer's posting set pics to his personal website if you want to check them out).

Swedish director Ruben Ostlund's sweetly satirical The Square took gold and most would not argue the choice, for The Square delivered laughs, discomfort and insight, in equal measure.

I had the opportunity to catch up with the «Gangster Squad» cast and crew this week, including Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, and director Ruben Fleischer, for the following chats.

There are a lot of big, attention - getting films in 2012, and one that I forget about once in a while is Gangster Squad, the film in which Zombieland director Ruben Fleischer follows the efforts of a squad of LA cops (Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling, Nick Nolte, Giovanni Ribisi, Anthony Mackie) to stop the incursion of organized crime into LA, led by Sean Penn as famed mob boss Mickey Cohen.

Last year's president, Pedro Almodóvar, awarded the Palme d'Or to The Square by Swedish director Ruben Östlund.

He's got a good track record with comedies so it's good news for GHOSTBUSTERS fans as ZOMBIELAND director Ruben Fleischer is in the running...

Writer / director Ruben Östlund's ski - resort comedy of social / psychological unease tries to operate at high altitude in more ways than one, aiming somewhere between early Mike Leigh and middle Michael Haneke.

This ski - based family drama from Swedish writer / director Ruben Östlund doesn't quite reach its intended peak.

Blu - ray extras include audio commentary by director Ruben Fleischer; deleted scenes; and featurettes on the cast, the characters, the costumes, the location shooting and more.

The best film according to the Almodovar directed jury was THE SQUARE by Swedish writer - director Ruben Ostlund (Force Majeure) who... Continue reading →

But Zombieland — from delightfully outta - nowhere director Ruben Fleischer and screenwriters Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick — is not a simple redo or ripoff or anything so unpleasant as to require such derogatory words.

Director Ruben Fleischer offered a fairly noncommital update, saying the sequel might be the project he tackles after his next movie, Gangster Squad:

I haven't seen this one yet, but I'm excited to based on the fact that it's helmed by director Ruben Fleischer (Zombieland) and stars Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network, Zombieland).

«Gangster Squad» Synopsis: Based on a series of articles in the L.A. Times, the story follows a specialized L.A.P.D. unit set up in the «40s to fight the growing influence of the East Coast Mafia, namely from that infamous gangster Mickey Cohen, a mogul who started as muscle for Al Capone in Chicago What You Need To Know: Credit to Warner Bros. for going with the inspired choice of «Zombieland» and «30 Minutes Or Less» director Ruben Fleischer to tackle what sounds like a sprawling, period L.A. - set gangster picture.

The stylishly empty period crime drama Gangster Squad, from Zombieland director Ruben Fleischer, is ostensibly based on a true story, but it steals liberally from James Ellroy, Dick Tracy, and The Untouchables, and it seems hell - bent on topping its transparent inspirations in at least one crucial respect: the volume, intensity, and ubiquity of its wall - to - wall violence.

The previous collaboration between actor Jesse Eisenberg and director Ruben Fleischer was 2009's surprise hit Zombieland.

The LAPD's attempt to take down vicious mob king Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn) is teased in the new trailer for the star - studded crime drama «Gangster Squad», from director Ruben Fleischer (Zombieland).

It's also Swedish director Ruben Östlund's celebrated followup to Force Majeure (2014), a dry and incisive satire of bourgeois art - world pretension to rival Force Majeure's pointed skewering of toxic masculinity.

Director Ruben Fleisher has decided to take it very old school with Gangster Squad.

Director Ruben Fleischer and star Jesse Eisenberg say the first draft of the sequel screenplay is done, and Fleischer is confident it will be amazing.

But it's funnier than most of the material in «30 Minutes or Less,» by director Ruben Fleischer.

A sequel to director Ruben Fleischer's smash hit has been in development ever since that first movie hit theaters, but despite some close calls, it has thus far not gotten off the ground.

After Zombieland was a hit, director Ruben Fleischer and star Jesse Eisenberg made a second goofy... Read More

«The Gangland Files» collects many of the disc's extras (including Focus Point mini-featurettes, historical trivia and other bits) into a picture - in - picture track that plays alongside the film, while the audio commentary with director Ruben Fleischer is informative but not terribly engaging.

The sounds of bass and horns begin to fill the spaces of the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, and director Ruben Santiago - Hudson perks up.

Writer - director Ruben Östlund's The Square is through - provoking, engaging, and at times eye widening.

In 2009, he starred in «Adventureland» for director Greg Mottola and in «Zombieland» for director Ruben Fleischer.

Also in the mix is ZOMBIELAND director Ruben Fleischer, but considering elements in his personal life, like... Oh, you know, having a baby, he might be not be the best equipped currently to handle a project of such scale.

Having proven that he can walk with the dead in Zombieland, director Ruben Fleischer risks sleeping with the fishes with his next movie, a mob comedy called Babe In The Woods.

Middle - class, middle - aged white men don't come at all well out of Swedish director Ruben Östlund's recent films.

Eisenberg has just reteamed with director Ruben Fleischer this summer to shoot the film «30 Minutes or Less,» opposite Danny McBride.

First - time director Ruben Fleischer is, we can safely assume from the litany of in - jokes, handy on film - quiz night.

One of the most beloved and entertaining zombie flicks from the last decade has got to be director Ruben Fleischer «s classic 2009 horror - comedy Zombieland, and next year...

That time alone would not be enough to clear Warner Bros.» conscience and that the studio would be okay with a January debut drains most of the promise that lied in this film's A-list cast, historical subject matter, and Zombieland director Ruben Fleischer.

Sony didn't make the best first impression with their initial teaser trailer for director Ruben Fleischer's Tom Hardy - starring...

The period action film from director Ruben Fleischer stars Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling and is due to be released on January 11, 2013.

Ludwig Goransson previously teamed with «Venom» director Ruben Fleischer on the film «30 Minutes or Less»

Sony's Venom film will be based primarily on Venom's 90s anti-hero turn in the stories Venom: Lethal Protector and «Planet of the Symbiotes,» according to director Ruben Fleischer.