10 acclaimed films from the controversial chronicler of voyeurism and modern menace
10 acclaimed films from the controversial chronicler of voyeurism and modern menace
The 7th Continent
Michael Haneke's nightmarish big-screen debut describes the collapse into violence and madness of a middle-class Austrian family.
Benny's Video
Inhabiting the wintry hinterland between the cerebral disgust of David Cronenberg and the distancing devices of New German Cinema, Michael Haneke's 1992 voyeurism drama is an ominous, accusatory watch.
71 Fragments In A Chronology Of Chance
The final installment in Michael Haneke's 1990s 'Emotional Glaciation' trilogy. A mass shooting is the starting point for a bleak trawl through the lives of those involved.
Funny Games
Two well-bred but brutal psychopaths subject a wealthy family to a sadistic routine of torture and humiliation. An excoriating lesson in the purpose and limits of on-screen violence.
Code Unknown
A slow-burning exploration of the trials of modern city life. Intelligent and understated, it features chief French export Juliette Binoche.
The Piano Teacher
Schubert, self-mutilation and porn mix in this tale of human sexuality gone wrong.
Hidden
The complacency of a middle-class couple in Paris, played by Daniel Auteuil and Juliette Binoche, is shattered by a long-suppressed revelation.
Funny Games U.S.
Michael Haneke rewinds and replays his games of cinematic violence in this uncompromising English-language remake of his 1997 film.
Also included:
The Castle (1997) and Time Of The Wolf (2003)
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