Michael Haneke's "Funny Games" is a scene-by-scene, almost shot-by-shot, remake, in English, of his 1997 Austrian film of the same title. Both versions are impossible to forget—and, for many viewers, ...

Michael Haneke has been tormenting art-house audiences for years, but the recent success of Hidden has allowed him a chance to test his confrontational thrillers on the masses. The result is this ...

Let's just get right into this. Funny Games is a remake of a 1997 film of the same name that's directed by the same filmmaker, Michael Haneke. The only change is that it's in English, not in German. I ...

Director Cedric Klapisch's breakthrough film was 1996's "Chacun Cherche Son Chat" ("When The Cat's Away"), a documentary-like trifle about a lost cat that nevertheless seemed to say something ...

Funny Games (R) Warner Independent Pictures (108 min.) Directed by Michael Haneke. With Naomi Watts, Tim Roth. Now playing in New York. ONE STAR Michael Haneke hates you. Oh, the director likes a few ...

Anyone who saw Michael Haneke‘s last film, Hidden (CachŽ), will recognize some familiar tropes here. Both films deal with the middle class under siege; both employ the cinematic language of the ...

If you’re a fan of Michael Haneke, the Austrian director of films such as The Piano Teacher and last year’s brilliant thriller Cache, then you’ll be particularly intrigued and excited to know that the ...

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 52% Why It'll Be Re-Assessed As A Classic: Funny Games, Michael Haneke's English-language remake of his own 1998 Austrian film, is so gleefully brutal that it's often just ...