Among contemporary European filmmakers, one of the great current critics’ darlings is Michael Haneke. He’s a German-born director who began his career in Austria and now works mostly in France, and ...

The major flaw was always Haneke’s inability to sustain shock beyond the abstracted confines of his protagonists; filmmaker and art-house audience played a zero sum game, equal parts sadomasochistic ...

The goal of psychoanalysis, argues Adam Phillips, is to become boring to yourself. It is “the therapy that frees people to lose interest in themselves; there’s nothing more self-preoccupying than a ...

What's the only thing people love more than a good mystery? Twist: it's an unsolved mystery. Numerous urban legends are built around unsolved mysteries, an entire television show was built around ...

With "Happy End," starring Isabelle Huppert, premiering to rave reviews, a look back at the film that defined the two-time Palme d'Or winner. For all of the complexity of Haneke’s films and their ...

Se a importância de um filme pudesse ser medida pela quantidade de interpretações que ele comporta, "Caché" deveria ser considerada uma das produções mais relevantes dos últimos anos. E, de fato, é.