Funny Games (1998)

01/28/10 I'm willing to give just about any pop-culture thing a decent shot before dismissing.  |  The A.V. Club

01/27/10 If the lead character in a feature or documentary has enough charisma, we'll stay with them no matter how terrible or irredeemable their actions.  |  The A.V. Club

01/25/10 Everyone's always all, "Let's divorce the artist's personal life from their art" and stuff, which makes some degree of sense to us, but still...  |  Gawker

12/30/09 It's the first question I really wanted to ask 67-year-old Austrian filmmaker Michael Haneke, whose provocative social dramas are fueled by some of the bleakest, most distressing subject matter in world cinema today.  |  Independent Film Channel (IFC)

12/30/09 The final week of the year brings no wide releases, but Michael Haneke's Palme d'Or winner The White Ribbon hits theaters in limited release.  |  Rotten Tomatoes

12/28/09 As they did during the Depression and the Second World War, movie audiences today have found a respite from hard times with light, fanciful tales that help them forget their troubles for a couple of hours.  |  JAM! Showbiz

12/27/09 As we wind down to year's end, we find Michael Haneke's Cannes conqueror fashionably late to the party, while Paramount waited three years to release the Renée Zellweger horror flick "Case 39" and a mere half-century later, audiences will finally see the fruits of an unproduced Tennessee Williams screenplay.  |  Independent Film Channel (IFC)

12/27/09 On the one hand, as a film lover the ideal scenario is that remakes should be an endangered species; that filmmakers will spend their time and money investing in new ideas instead of rehashing other people's dreams.  |  Cinematical.com

12/21/09 We entered 2009 with a new president who promised to bring our country hope.  |  Independent Film Channel (IFC)

12/16/09 "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" (Sweden/Denmark/Germany) - From the best-selling novel, this gripping thriller brings to mind both The Silence of the Lambs and Se7en in its tale of an investigative journalist trying to crack a 40-year-old murder that may have been the work of a still-at-large serial killer.  |  indieWIRE