'The Square' Is Edgy
Swedish writer-director Ruben Östlund ruthlessly roasts the art community in this loose, leisurely paced series of deadpan vignettes.
Life does not imitate art in Swedish writer-director Ruben Östlund's The Square. No, something much worse happens: Life imitates conceptual art.
is the first Swedish movie to win the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival since 1992's . That's ironic, since Östlund's often startling satire is about a man with the best of intentions:
