Michael Haneke

Michael Haneke: When the Nazis Were Children

Erica Abeel | Posted 10.09.2009 | Entertainment


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.

TIFF's Guilty Pleasures

Erica Abeel | Posted 11.15.2009 | Entertainment


Erica Abeel

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

Dust-Up in Toronto

Erica Abeel | Posted 11.08.2009 | Entertainment


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."

Mighty Movie Podcast: Amat Escalante on Los Bastardos

Dan Persons | Posted 08.02.2009 | Entertainment


Dan Persons

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

Cannes Wrap Up: What Journalists are Saying

Karin Badt | Posted 06.25.2009 | Entertainment


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.

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

Karin Badt | Posted 06.25.2009 | Entertainment


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.

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

AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 06.24.2009 | Entertainment


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

Cannes Buzz: Which Film Will Win?

Karin Badt | Posted 06.21.2009 | Entertainment


Karin Badt

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

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

Michael Giltz | Posted 06.20.2009 | Entertainment


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.