Michael Haneke

'Paradise' runneth over for Ulrich Seidl

2013-05-05 06:00:00

Austrian director Ulrich Seidl makes a habit of blurring boundaries: his documentaries include staged scenes, and his dramas feature nonprofessional actors who are sometimes playing versions of themselves. But there is little middle ground when it comes...

Review: 'Paradise: Love' lacks a real purpose

2013-05-02 17:45:00

For those who find the films of Michael Haneke too warm and accessible, there is always fellow Austrian Ulrich Seidl, who mixes up actors and real people in structured situations with improvised dialogue to disconcerting ends. "Paradise: Love," the...

Nine Tribeca Film Festival titles you'll soon be hearing about

2013-04-29 15:53:00

NEW YORK--The Tribeca Film Festival that ended Sunday occupies an odd niche in the movie-confab calendar, which among its oddities includes a large number of posts about the odd niche it occupies in the movie-confab calendar. But amid all the hand-...

'Simon Killer' gets a reprieve

2013-04-06 09:00:00

"Simon Killer" was among the most divisive entries at the Sundance Film Festival when it premiered there in 2012. While it struck some as a chilling, unblinking look at the descent into violence and madness of a young American in Paris, to others the film...

Personality drives this Tribeca Film Festival

2013-04-16 19:20:00

NEW YORK — In 11 previous editions, the Tribeca Film Festival has showcased dozens of glitzy studio productions and stars — Tobey Maguire and his "Spider-Man 3" crew rode into town in 2007, Tom Cruise opened "Mission: Impossible III" here in...

Rob Zombie on new album, tour, cult film gem ‘The Lords of Salem’

2013-04-12 13:22:48

Oscars winners and nominees 2013: Complete list

2013-02-25 11:55:00

Ben Affleck's film "Argo" took the best picture Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards. Other marquee winners were Daniel Day-Lewis for lead actor for “Lincoln,” Jennifer Lawrence for lead actress for “Silver Linings Playbook,” and Ang...

Brad Pitt's politics, Michael Haneke's life top 2013 Tribeca slate

2013-03-05 11:00:00

World premieres of new dramas starring Adam Driver and Naomi Watts, a nonfiction look at director Michael Haneke and a documentary about African oil-drilling executives produced by Brad Pitt are to be among the films in competition at this year's...

The Oscars with the Austrians

2013-02-25 17:35:00

Over at the Governors Ball last night, the most famous Austrian in the cooking world, Wolfgang Puck, and his kitchen staff of 350 cooked a multi-course meal for a crowd of 1,600 following the Oscars. Meanwhile, across town at the Austrian consulate in...

Oscars 2013: Five things we learned from the awards season

2013-02-24 23:47:00

The Oscars are over. (Or is Seth MacFarlane still singing? We turned off the TV.) "Argo" has its best picture trophy. Ben Affleck made his final self-deprecating acceptance speech. And the White House cashed in on its last awards season photo op. What...

Oscars 2013: 'Amour' wins for foreign language film

2013-02-24 18:51:00

As the French might say, the victory of "Amour" for foreign language film at the Oscars on Sunday was practically a fait accompli. Pourquoi, you ask? Well, Michael Haneke's beautiful, elegiac film about a sudden crisis threatening an octogenarian...

Oscars 2013: Ang Lee wins best director for 'Life of Pi'

2013-02-24 20:36:00

In a case of history repeating itself, Ang Lee nabbed the directing Oscar for his film "Life of Pi" at the 85th Academy Awards on Sunday, beating Steven Spielberg as he did back in 2006 when the two were last nominated. Back then, Lee's work on...

Foreign-language film winner Michael Haneke, who directed "Amour," attends the ball with Susanne Haneke.

2013-02-24 00:00:00

Director Michael Haneke, whose film "Amour" won best international film.

2013-02-23 00:00:00

FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM: No film nominated for both foreign language feature and best picture has failed to take this category. And none of the other nominees -- all pretty good, by the way -- caught on with the academy to the point where they could break that historical precedent.

2013-02-22 15:31:56