The best movie trilogy to encapsulate epic struggles against evil impulses spanning generations isn’t “Star Wars.” Austrian director Ulrich Seidl, a divisive auteur on the world stage widely ...
Premiering at the Venice Film Festival in 2001, Austrian director Ulrich Seidl’s “Dog Days” won the grand jury prize for its unflinching portrayal of social ennui in suburban Vienna. Enervated by the ...
The San Sebastian Film Festival is pushing on with a competition screening of Austrian director Ulrich Seidl’s new film Sparta, following a report in German magazine Der Spiegel raising concerns about ...
Director Ulrich Seidl's first part in his trilogy about three women from the same family is a provocative feature on female sex tourism. By David Rooney Chief Film Critic The film kicks off with an ...
“Why does a person go on holiday just to shoot an animal? What is the motivation behind it?” Ulrich Seidl, Austrian director and master of grotesque documentary, still doesn’t have a definitive answer ...
The controversial Vienna-based auteur talks about why he wants to show the world as hell. By Clarence Tsui Having premiered individual installments of his Paradise trilogy at Cannes, Venice and then ...
The Toronto International Film Festival has withdrawn the film “Sparta” following allegations of on-set impropriety and child exploitation against Austrian director Ulrich Seidl. “Sparta” was due to ...
Ulrich Seidl continues to amaze and unnerve in this brilliantly composed, deeply upsetting portrait of tourist hunters in Africa. The best films of deadpan Austrian provocateur Ulrich Seidl pull off a ...
The difference between a provocative film and a challenging one can be difficult to parse. Yet it's essential to understanding the success and occasional missteps of Ulrich Seidl's Paradise: Faith, ...
Anyone seeking a peek into Ulrich Seidl’s worldview–perhaps his soul–could do worse than Rimini, his first film since Safari in 2016 and first narrative feature in almost a decade. It swells with ...
The Toronto International Film Festival abruptly withdrew the German-language drama “Sparta” from its lineup ahead of its planned Friday world premiere after the film’s Austrian director, Ulrich Seidl ...
“Why does a person go on holiday just to shoot an animal? What is the motivation behind it?” Ulrich Seidl, Austrian director and master of grotesque documentary, still doesn’t have a definitive answer ...