Tag: Michael Haneke
Criterion Collection: Funny Games (1997) Blu-ray Review
“Every act of violence brings us closer to death,” wrote bell hooks, who went on to list a variety of internal and external examples...
IONCINEPHILE of the Month: Dominga Sotomayor’s Top Ten Films of All Time List
Have you ever wondered what are the films that inspire the next generation of visionary filmmakers? As part of our monthly IONCINEPHILE profile, we...
Top 50 Future TV Binge List: Cannes Vets Coen Bros., Refn & Haneke Top Inaugural Chart
With TV being the new orange, it's becoming increasing difficult to keep tabs on what our filmmaker favorite are up to and while we...
Video Countdown: Nicholas Bell’s Top 20 Films of 2017
Although we have another facetiously titled Michael Haneke film to ring in the New Year with, it is a decidedly unhappy end considering the...
Top 3 Critics’ Picks in Theaters this December: Foxtrot, I, Tonya & Happy End
IONCINEMA.com’s Top 3 Critics’ Picks offers a curated approach to the usual quandary: what would you recommend I see in theaters this month? Three...
Criterion Collection: The Piano Teacher | Blu-ray Review
Rare are the performers who can surpass the sadistic tendencies of an oligarchically inclined auteur, but there exists no finer example of this than...
The Conversation: Top 20 Best Films of 2017 So Far …
At the mid-way point of 2017, the usual cinematic trends continue, with the best theatrical offerings from January through June mostly festival circuit offerings...
2017 Cannes Film Festival: How the “Toni Erdmann” Snub Help Land “The Square” the Palme d’Or
When surveilling the postscript and how the Pedro led jury handed out the awards, the consensus is: job well done. However, while we were...
The Conversation: What Cannes Do – Top 10 Favorites of the 2017 Edition
In one of the most cavalier Cannes juries of recent years, the Pedro Almodovar led voting body closed out the 2017 edition of the...
2017 Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 6: Things Fall Apart in Michael Haneke’s Happy End
Whether it's construction sites, karaoke numbers, hamsters or the elderly, Michael Haneke's quasi sequel to Amour has failed to win over "all" critics. Happy...
Happy End | 2017 Cannes Film Festival Review
The Sunshine of Their Love: Haneke Dishes Up Black Comedy with a Dollop of Self-Loathing
Happy families are all the same in a Michael Haneke...
The Conversation: Run the Comps – Top 5 Most Anticipated Main Comp Entries
It’s back to business as usual for the main competition contenders at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival, with programmer Thierry Fremaux re-inviting a number...
The Conversation: One Never Cannes Tell (2017 Edition)
It’s hard to believe, but we’re about five weeks away from the unveiling of the 2017 Cannes Film Festival lineup. After several months of...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: #1. Michael Haneke’s Happy End
Happy End
Director: Michael Haneke
Writer: Michael Haneke
At the end of 2015, after several mentions of a reunion from Isabelle Huppert, news broke of Michael Haneke’s...
The Conversation: A Cannes Opener… 2017 Cannes Film Festival Predictions
And as we await the unveiling of the Venice Film’s Festival’s 2016 program, we look ahead to what may be in store for the...
Through the Looking-Glass…Top 200 Most Anticipated Films of 2017: #1. Michael Haneke’s Happy End
Happy End
Director: Michael Haneke
Writer: Michael Haneke
In mid-2015, Michael Haneke officially confirmed he would be abandoning a project known as Flashmob and focusing on different...
Criterion Collection: Code Unknown | Blu-ray Review
Over the past two decades, Austrian auteur Michael Haneke has grown into one of the most formidable cinematic titans currently working today. Winning five...
A Cannes Opener: 2016 Cannes Film Festival Predictions
A furious slew of titles in the works would seem to prophesize a robust main competition slate for Cannes 2016. Though our initial list...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #9. Michael Haneke’s Flashmob
Flashmob
Director: Michael Haneke // Writer: Michael Haneke
The cinema of Michael Haneke may be described as cold, distant, even isolating, as the Austrian auteur prizes...
Cannes Critics’ Panel: Haneke’s Amour Should Beat Carax’s Holy Motors
We asked our Cannes Critics' Panel of experts to weigh in on who should win the three top prizes at the 2012 edition of the...
Hannah Fidell’s Top Ten Films of All Time List
Have you ever wondered what are the films that inspire the next generation of visionary filmmakers? As part of our monthly IONCINEPHILE profile (read...
Revisiting Haneke, Pol Pot Plus Panic on Day 5: Live From the 48th Karlovy Vary Int. Film Festival
The second of the “Carte Blanche” double bills began with The Last 15, Antonio Campos’ sophomore short film which followed in the footsteps of...
Nicholas Bell’s Top Ten Films of 2012: (Picks 5 to 1) Leos Carax’s Holy Motors is #1
5. Amour – Dir. Michael Haneke (Austria)
Winner of the Palme D’or at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, the second for auteur Michael Haneke, much...
2012 New York Film Critics Circle Winners: Zero Dark Thirty Wins Best Picture
With no mentions going to Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master or David O. Russell's The Silver Linings Playbook, this year's voting at the New...
Cannes Critics’ Panel: Haneke’s Amour is Tops Among Critics, Holy Motors Places Second
The clear favorite among our panelists this year was the Palme d’Or winner. Haneke’s Amour (4.1) was an across the boards critical darling of...
Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 5: Michael Haneke’s Love
If the festival would conclude today, Michael Haneke would most likely walk away with his second Palme d'Or win (following 2009's The White Ribbon)...
Inside Cannes 2012 Day 5: Five Quotes from the Love Press Conference
1. "It think that Michel Haneke is one of the greatest filmmakers in the world. But I won't do others". - Jean-Louis Trintignant
The current...
