Movies with screenplay written by Michael Haneke
Films can be tremendous vehicles for escapism - paths to freeing oneself from worldly concerns and considerations. They can also be a means of getting in touch with essential elements of humanity such as love, sacrifice, and mortality. Those three ...
U.S. Release Date: 2012-12-19
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Nudity)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Michael Haneke
Cast: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva, Isabelle Huppert
Guilt and paranoia - two powerful cornerstones of the human psyche. In his latest, award-winning drama (it has captured about a dozen significant international citations), writer/director Michael Haneke explores both, although the manner in which ...
U.S. Release Date: -
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Michael Haneke
Cast: Daniel Auteuil, Juliette Binoche, Maurice Bénichou, ...
Note: It is difficult to present a meaningful discussion of Funny Games without giving away major plot points. As a result, there are two reviews. This is the non-spoiler review, which limits spoilers to a bare minimum. For a more full discussio...
U.S. Release Date: 2008-03-14
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: THRILLER/HORROR
Director: Michael Haneke
Cast: Naomi Watts, Tim Roth, Devon Gearhart, ...
Note: You have reached the spoiler review for Funny Games. Click here for the non-spoiler review. We've seen the set-up before: a nice middle-class family held captive by a pair of psychopaths. This time, however, things aren't going to turn o...
U.S. Release Date: 2008-03-14
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: THRILLER/HORROR
Director: Michael Haneke
Cast: Naomi Watts, Tim Roth, Devon Gearhart, ...
Michael Haneke's The White Ribbon, which won the Golden Palm Award at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, is the quintessential art film: slow, demanding, and rewarding for those willing to put forth the intellectual effort necessary to puzzle out its a...
U.S. Release Date: 2010-01-15
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Content)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Michael Haneke
Cast: Christian Friedel, Rainer Bock, Susanne Lothar, ...