The Queen of Versailles

Whatever the reason, something just didn't sit right on my first viewing of The Queen of Versailles, a look at the life of billionaire time-share mogul – and Orlando resident – David Siegel. About half of director Lauren Greenfield's gently stinging...

The Queen of Versailles Filmmaker Greenfield has a wonderful eye for the absurd, finding moments of offbeat humanity all the way through this involving documentary. It begins as a comical chronicle of a ludicrously wealthy family, then shifts into...

Were you wondering how the 1 percent can wield such an oversize influence on American life? A major reason may simply be that we spend so much more than 1 percent of our time watching them. (And also loving, hating, and jealously idolizing them.)

There’s quiet satisfaction in watching the financial collapse of the Florida billionaire self-professedly “personally” responsible for George W. Bush’s “illegal” takeover of the White House in 2000. However, that fuzzy gratification is considerably...

David A. Siegel is the billionaire president and CEO of Westgate Resorts, one of the biggest timeshare companies on the planet. Siegel is in the process of constructing the largest single-family home in the country: a 90,000-square-foot mansion humbly...

It’s hard to imagine a less sympathetic victim of the Great Recession than Jackie Siegel, a ditsy ex-model who was halfway through overseeing the construction of the largest single-family home in the United States when her billionaire husband, David...

That’s never been more evident than in filmmaker/photographer Lauren Greenfield’s socially relevant documentary about a billionaire family and their financial challenges, including foreclosure, in the wake of the economic crisis. Contemptibly...

Even before Florida billionaire David Siegel claims responsibility for George W. Bush winning the 2000 election, through means he describes as "possibly not legal," an audience isn't predisposed to think warmly of him.

Jackie Siegel strolls through the 90,000-square foot Orlando house that she and her timeshare resort-mogul husband David are building, which will feature a bowling alley, an ice/roller rink, two tennis courts and 10 kitchens. “This is the staircase...

It's perfectly possible to like the title character of Lauren Greenfield’s documentary – Jackie Siegel, the trophy wife of a time-share mogul with plans to build America’s largest private home in Florida – while detesting everything she represents: grotes

A bizarre and mesmerising journey to the heart of Cloud Cuckoo Land.