The White Ribbon

Do the black and white thing: Exemplary 'goodness' is depicted twice in Michael Haneke's film 'The White Ribbon' Goodness, notoriously, writes white - that is, it won't show up on the page. Evil, no problem at all - the ink flowing black...

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...» Hal Holbrook plays an aged farmer who discovers his son has rented out the old homestead, and he fights to reclaim his home. The White Ribbon » In this year's Palme D'Or winner at Cannes, director Michael Haneke ("Cache," "Funny Games")...

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...in history, winning this year's Cannes Film Festival's Palme d'Or for his haunting black and white film The White Ribbon (Das Weisse Band). The film was released on November 13 in Curzon Cinemas around the UK. Justifiably so, Haneke shares...

In this article: Michael Haneke, 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

...from fine performances. As a simple mystery, it is fairly engrossing, but uninspired. You can admire The White Ribbon, but who could love it? Haneke's film has higher aspirations than mere entertainment. It's an exploration of the...

In this article: Michael Haneke, Fascism, Dog, Anxiety, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Ulrich Tukur, and Funny Games

...his new film ought, in theory, to offer us some relief from Haneke's punishing scrutiny. This year's Palme d'Or winner in Cannes, The White Ribbon is a film about another time and (unless you're German) another place. Set in 1913, it is...

In this article: Michael Haneke, Nazism, Bourgeoisie, Malaise, and Ulrich Tukur

...of story-telling, immaculately composed and edited, with a memorably bleak view of human nature. With his award-winning The White Ribbon - which, like Harry Brown, tells of a broken society - the austere Austrian takes his pessimism to...

In this article: Michael Haneke, World War I, Frank Capra, and Funny Games

...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 comparison with just about anything you care to mention. Directing from...

In this article: Michael Haneke, Fascism, Down's Syndrome, First World War, Funny Games, and Germany

...BY: MICHAEL HANEKE STARRING: RAINER BOCK, SUSANNE LOTHAR, ULRICH TUKUR, BURGHART KLAUA NER, CHRISTIAN FRIEDEL THERE'S a scene in The White Ribbon that pretty much sums up the relationship between its fAªted director Michael Haneke and the...

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By Peter Bradshaw guardian.co.uk, Thursday 12 November 2009 23.00 GMT Convulsed by an enemy within … The White Ribbon The White Ribbon (Das weisse Band) Country: Rest of the world Cast: Burghart Klaussner, Christian Friedel,...

In this article: Michael Haneke, Down's syndrome, Ulrich Tukur, Germany, Culprit, and Anxiety

...wan - it's hard to deny that the ex-movie critic has created one of contemporary cinema's most formidable bodies of work. Now, with The White Ribbon, he has out-done himself and produced the best film of his career, a tightly-wound,...

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