Michael Haneke

...of the Romanian New Wave-harrowing, horrific and absolutely essential. Part social allegory, part psychological thriller, Michael Haneke's "Cache" turns a cynical eye toward the veneers of modern society even as it resurrects the...

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"A sinister cabal of superior writers." Movie Review: The White Ribbon, Michael Haneke's Palme d'Or Winner Author: Hayley MacDonald - Published: Nov 18, 2009 at 6:49 pm 0 comments Austrian born filmmaker Michael Haneke has left his...

In this article: The White Ribbon, Ernst Jacobi, The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice, Cannes Film Festival, Entre les murs, Union Pacific, Laurent Cantet, Orson Welles, and Cecil B. DeMille

...- link to other main sections from here Why do so many white, middle-class European film fans love the writer/director Michael Haneke and his tales of affluent lives infected with guilt and battered by violence? He seems to excite...

In this article: The White Ribbon, Fascism, Dog, Anxiety, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Ulrich Tukur, and Funny Games

Stifled by the heavy hand of the master: Austrian director Michael Haneke likes to make his audience work hard, and this drama, set in 1913 Germany, is no exception When you watch the films of Austrian director Michael Haneke, you're not...

In this article: The White Ribbon, Nazism, Bourgeoisie, Malaise, and Ulrich Tukur

...gruelling, and monochrome - it would make the world's most depressing musical Last updated at 9:38 AM on 13th November 2009 Michael Haneke's films are never a barrel of laughs, but at their best - and here I'm thinking of Hidden and...

In this article: The White Ribbon, World War I, Frank Capra, and Funny Games

Michael Haneke is a strange fellow. One year, he churns out a nasty, pointless and thoroughly mean-spirited shot-for-shot remake of his own sadistic thriller Funny Games, the next, he gives us The White Ribbon, a film so good it bears...

In this article: The White Ribbon, Fascism, Down's Syndrome, First World War, Funny Games, and Germany

A superb and disturbing film, Michael Haneke's vision of pre-first world war Germany offers no easy answers. By Peter Bradshaw guardian.co.uk, Thursday 12 November 2009 23.00 GMT Convulsed by an enemy within … The White Ribbon The...

In this article: The White Ribbon, Down's syndrome, Ulrich Tukur, Germany, Culprit, and Anxiety

This grippingly sinister tale of an imploding family on the eve of the First World War is Michael Haneke's best film yet. Rating: * * * * * Has any director, European or otherwise, made as many top-rate films this decade as the Austrian...

In this article: The White Ribbon, Funny Games, Nazism, First World War, Eva, Isabelle Huppert, Ulrich Tukur, Joseph Losey, and The Go-Between

To read this article in full you must be registered with the site. By Stephen Applebaum ASK Michael Haneke what he wants to say with his films and he will tell you he has no message. Admit to him that they invariably leave you with more...

In this article: The White Ribbon, Funny Games, Hollywood, Culprit, Best of all possible worlds, Fascism, and God

...director who demands quite so much of his audience, and even more uncompromisingly of himself, it has taken the Austrian director Michael Haneke a long time (20 years to be precise) to gain the Palme d'Or at Cannes, that quintessential...

In this article: Tim Roth, The White Ribbon, Daniel Auteuil, Oscar, Isabelle Huppert, Juliette Binoche, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Funny Games, and Martin Scorsese