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Ruben Östlund

Swedish filmmaker of the satires Force Majeure (2014), The Square (2017) and Triangle of Sadness (2022); the last two each won the Palme d'Or.

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AntichristOther Lars von Trier

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Quite often I feel that the set-ups that von Trier deals with are stronger than the films he’s making, but with Antichrist I think he goes the whole way.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Ruben Östlund, the entry for Antichrist.

2017-12-21·criterion.com ↗

Code UnknownOther Michael Haneke

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I watched Code Unknown when I was in film school, and I left feeling like I had to pick up the trash in the cinema, like I had to take responsibility. What he was pointing out about individual responsibility toward other human beings really struck me hard.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Ruben Östlund, the entry for Code Unknown.

2017-12-21·criterion.com ↗

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