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Michael Haneke: When the Nazis Were Children

Erica Abeel | Posted 10.09.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Essential Viewing, Haneke in His Own Words, Germany on Eve of WWI, Origins of Nazism, Michael Haneke, New York Film Festival, Palme D'Or, The White Ribbon, Entertainment News
Erica Abeel

Haneke's masterful drama unfolds in a rural German town on the eve of World War I, in an attempt to unearth the origins of Nazism.

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TIFF's Guilty Pleasures

Erica Abeel | Posted 11.15.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Oscar Wilde, Ricky Gervais, U.S. Open, "The Invention of Lying, Michael Haneke, Jennifer Garner, Vanity Fair, Graydon Carter, Colin Firth, Entertainment News
Erica Abeel

The past day's crop of films has ranged from moderately interesting to guilty pleasure.

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Dust-Up in Toronto

Erica Abeel | Posted 11.08.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: "Bleak Is the New Black, Cannes Versus Toronto, " George Clooney, Michael Haneke, Protest, Toronto Film Festival, Michael Moore, "Brand Israel" Controversy, Capitalism Movie, Entertainment News
Erica Abeel

Many of the biggest films coming to the Toronto Film Festival this year have inspired the motto from Telluride: "bleak is the new black."

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Mighty Movie Podcast: Amat Escalante on Los Bastardos

Dan Persons | Posted 08.02.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Michael Haneke, Home Invasion, Migrant Workers, Lou Dobbs, Violence, Drugs, Film, The Auteurs, Lou Dobbs Immigration, Amat Escalante, Interview, Cinema, Carlos Reygadas, Suburbia, Gore, Sex, Drama, Illegal Immigrants, Bruno Dumont, Horror Movies, Dario Argento, Podcast, Entertainment News
Dan Persons

Los Bastardos is a spare and brutal survey of the suburban wasteland.

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Cannes Wrap Up: What Journalists are Saying

Karin Badt | Posted 06.25.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Jury Decision at Cannes, Palme D'Or, Jane Campion, Isabelle Huppert, Michael Haneke, Michael-Haneke, Cannes Winners, Marco Bellocchio, Cannes Film Festival 2009, Cannes, Entertainment News
Karin Badt

Fish Tank tells the story of an alienated adolescent girl fighting her way to have an identity with a mother who hates her and a peer group which shuns her.

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Palme d'Or Winner of Cannes 2009: Michael Haneke's "White Ribbon"

Karin Badt | Posted 06.25.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Palme D'Or, White Ribbon, Michael Haneke, Cannes Film Festival 2009, Civil War, World War I, Cannes, Weimar-Germany, Protestants, Film, Entertainment News
Karin Badt

The intent of the movie is to show how the imminent war -- or any imminent war -- results from the sickness of a culture as well as from inherent human malice.

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'The White Ribbon' Wins Palme d'Or At 2009 Cannes

AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 06.24.2009 | Entertainment

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CANNES, France — Austrian director Michael Haneke's somber drama "The White Ribbon" claimed the top prize Sunday at the Cannes Film Festival, wh...

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Cannes Buzz: Which Film Will Win?

Karin Badt | Posted 06.21.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Ang Lee, Marco Bellochio, Agora, Michael Haneke, Pedro Almodovar, Ken Loach, Lars Von Trier, Cannes Film Festival 2009, Cannes, Entertainment News
Karin Badt

All charismatic, powerful men ruthlessly destroy other people's lives as they cheer on "Vincere!"

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Cannes 2009 Day Eight: Jews Fighting Back, Jews In Love, Singing Nuns and Dour Germans

Michael Giltz | Posted 06.20.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Quentin Tarantino, Michael Haneke, Cannes Film Festival, Cannes-France, Entertainment News
Michael Giltz

Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds is a revenge fantasy where a band of Jews head into occupied France and kick some ass in the most violent, frightening way possible.

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