Strand Releasing has acquired all US rights to the Ulrich Seidl trilogy “Paradise” “Paradise: Love,” “Paradise: Faith: and “Paradise: Hope.” “Paradise: Love” made its world premiere in competition at ...

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 ...

The work of Austria's droll provocateur Ulrich Seidl remains an acquired taste, but this final part of his eccentric "Paradise" trilogy yields unexpected pleasures. By David Rooney Chief Film Critic ...

The art of Austrian filmmaker Ulrich Seidl (Import Export) often feels closer to still photography than to cinema. He’ll regularly stage an entire scene in a single, static shot, characters and ...

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 ...

BERLIN – Funny, disquieting and featuring more sexual humiliation and self-flagellation than any project with which James Franco is currently connected, Ulrich Seidl’s newly completed “Paradise” ...

Taken together, Ulrich Seidl’s three Paradise films, each being released separately in the coming months, will be hard to beat this year for sheer arthouse scald. Rivaling fellow Austrian miserablist ...

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, ...

In the past year or so, austere Austrian auteur Ulrich Seidl has unspooled his Paradise trilogy at major festivals: Paradise: Love premiered at Cannes last year, Paradise: Faith at Venice later that ...

Austrian director Ulrich Seidl makes a habit of blurring boundaries: his documentaries include staged scenes, and his dramas feature nonprofessional actors who are sometimes playing versions of ...