Richie Bravo, the aging Austrian lounge singer shambling his way through Ulrich Seidl’s grimly fascinating new movie, “Rimini,” sure knows his way around a crummy hotel. By day or night you might find ...

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 ...

It’s been a rocky year for Ulrich Seidl. As far back as last February, Rimini was winning over critics at the Berlinale (us included) with its bleak beauty and frankly stunning central turn from ...

There’s bleak, there’s despairing, and then there is Ulrich Seidl, Austrian chronicler of the marginal, the miserable and plain mad. If there are Nazis still worshipping Hitler in some rural basement, ...

Michael Thomas stars as a happy-go-lucky lounge lizard in the latest comedy-drama by Ulrich Seidl, the Austrian director of the 'Paradise' trilogy. By Leslie Felperin Contributing Film Critic The ...

The director Ulrich Seidl’s unsettling drama tracks the exploitative behaviors of an aging lounge singer, his fans and family members. By Beatrice Loayza When you purchase a ticket for an ...

film profile], is something that’s likely occurred to many viewers of his provocative work over the years – a point-blank “Why are your films so weird?” Thankfully, our conversation went in other ...

Austrian director Ulrich Seidl, whose latest feature “Rimini” premieres Feb. 11 in the main competition at this year’s Berlin Film Festival, is winding down production on his next film, Variety can ...

Austrian filmmaker Ulrich Seidl is set to debut a new combined version of his 2022 films Rimini and Sparta at the Rotterdam Film Festival later this month. The new pic is titled Wicked Games Rimini ...