Hey, have you heard about the Michael Haneke Twitter account? No, of course the "Amour" director hasn't set up a bit of social networking self-promotion, but someone with a sense of humor sure has.
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Every time Michael Haneke has an idea for a film, there's always a different catalyst that makes him sit down and write it. It might be an image that comes to him, or a newspaper clipping that will stir his creativity...
The world's critics may not have found many films to get overjoyed about during this year's 62nd Cannes Film Festival, but the grand jury had to reward someone and they found a worthy candidate. Ac...
The director: Michael Haneke (German-Austrian, 70 years old)
The talent: After the low-profile ensemble of "The White Ribbon," Haneke returns here to the big names. Isabelle Huppert has a history with Hanek...
CANNES - For the vast majority of his career, Michael Haneke has had a well-deserved reputation as a master of cinematic cruelty. His best films have felt like cruel pranks on his audience, underscored by a deep...
So, it was the favorite all along. Michael Haneke's "Amour" looked, on paper, the film to beat before this year's Cannes Film Festival started. The rapturous critical reception that greeted its unveiling sol...
Michael Haneke's "Amour" has won Best Foreign Language Film at the 85th annual Academy Awards. It falls in line with films like "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Life is Beautiful" wh...
The first thing Emmanuelle Riva wants me to know – before any mention of movies, careers or awards, before the word “Amour” even enters our conversation – is that she's feeling fine.
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I'll make this relatively quick, partly because I have a screening to run to, and partly because we've covered this ground in a previous post. But thanks to Austrian reader Norman Shetler for informing us that his cou...
If you thought we had escaped the year of "The Artist," you were wrong. The Dublin Film Critics Circle has chosen Michel Hazanavicius's Best Picture winner as the year's best film, as it opened on those shor...
