The White Ribbon

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Michael Haneke films – ranked!
The Austrian auteur has made his name with disturbing and superb studies of the violence and repression of bourgeois life. As he turns 81, we rate his finest films

Peter Bradshaw

23, Mar, 2023 @12:00 PM

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The 100 best films of the 21st century
Gangsters, superheroes, schoolkids, lovers, slaves, peasants, techies, Tenenbaums and freefalling astronauts – they’re all here in our countdown of cinema’s best movies since 2000

Peter Bradshaw, Cath Clarke, Andrew Pulver and Catherine Shoard

13, Sep, 2019 @5:00 AM

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LOLs with Haneke: I confess to the director about creating his cat-lover Twitter parody
Oscar-winner Michael Haneke can be as tough to interview as his films can be to watch. So what happened when our writer confessed to being the creator of a parody Twitter account that turned him into a tween-talking cat-lover?

Benjamin Lee

29, Nov, 2017 @6:00 AM

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My favourite Cannes winner: The White Ribbon
Andrew Pulver chooses Michael Haneke’s pristine 2009 fable about social conformism

Andrew Pulver

15, Apr, 2015 @12:59 PM

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Michael Haneke on Amour at Cannes 2012 - video

Michael Haneke talks to Xan Brooks about his new film Amour and describes what winning the Palme D'Or (for The White Ribbon) meant to him

Xan Brooks, Henry Barnes and Elliot Smith

22, May, 2012 @9:28 AM

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The White Ribbon: No 9 best arthouse film of all time

Michael Haneke, 2009

Catherine Shoard

20, Oct, 2010 @10:46 AM

DVD review: The White Ribbon

As usual the Austrian auteur, best known for Funny Games and Hidden, has given us a memorable dark work to mull over

Rob Mackie

11, Mar, 2010 @9:44 PM

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Best films of the noughties No 5: The White Ribbon

Peter Bradshaw: Michael Haneke's unforgettable 2009 Palme d'Or winner is exact in its composition, yet allows for gentleness and humour

Peter Bradshaw

28, Dec, 2009 @8:00 AM

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The White Ribbon | Film review

Michael Haneke's Palme d'Or winner offers a spellbinding tale of bigotry and brutality in a pre-Great War rural German community, says Philip French

Philip French Critic of the Year

15, Nov, 2009 @12:06 AM

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Michael Haneke: I may collaborate with Michel Houellebecq

The Austrian director of The White Ribbon reveals that he and the controversial French author have discussed working together

Catherine Shoard

13, Nov, 2009 @1:32 PM

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The White Ribbon review – Michael Haneke achieves new mastery and audacity
A superb and disturbing film, Haneke’s vision of pre-first world war Germany offers no easy answers

Peter Bradshaw

12, Nov, 2009 @11:00 PM

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What Michael Haneke owes to Kafka | Peter Bradshaw

Peter Bradshaw: As the Austrian director's Cannes-winning The White Ribbon arrives in UK cinemas, a long-overdue viewing of his film of The Castle has opened my eyes to another thread running through his work

Peter Bradshaw

05, Nov, 2009 @1:05 PM

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