The dearth of substantial extras leaves the film, perhaps appropriately, to mostly speak for itself.
Perhaps the defining performance of Isabelle Huppert’s career is now on vibrant display in this Criterion Blu-ray.
This high-falutin’ Nazi origin story is practically a masterpiece of subtlety in the finger-wagging blowhard Haneke’s canon.
Ever wonder about the ancestors of the murderous jocks in Funny Games?
It was just a matter of time before Michael Haneke and Franz Kafka crossed paths.
How cold does Michael Haneke have to be for a punitively faithful Kafka adaptation to qualify as one of his most humane works?
Haneke’s admonishments are disturbing only in the sense that they’re never self-critical.
There’s always a sense that Haneke thinks he’s above his characters, his audience, and scrutiny.
Michael Haneke’s latest torture mechanism is less funny game than daunting debasement ritual.