Michael Haneke - Jeffrey Overstreet

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Michael Haneke

A collection of 3 posts

On Movies & Media

"Funny Games," "The Passion of the Christ," and Dirty Harry

I should post this as a follow-up to my previous question: "Does anybody want to defend Michael Haneke's Funny Games?" Thanks to Chattaway for finding this article by Gabriel McKee at Religion Dispatches: For a thoroughly progressive filmgoer who is nonetheless a big Dirty Harry fan,

Looking Elsewhere

Specials: Guardian defends Narnia. Malick's "New World." Haneke spoils. Earthsea animated.

Tuesday's specials: I found most of these links at GreenCine Daily, and I'm glad I did. GUARDIAN GUARDS CHRISTIANITY FROM GUARDIAN JOURNALISTS (AND OTHERS) The Guardian, home of the now-notorious Polly Toynbee who used her Narnia review to bash Christianity, bashes Narnia critics! The Bible is

On Movies & Media

Time of the Wolf -- DVD of the Day

I'm currently working on a manuscript about powerfully transporting films, and the chapter currently on the table is about films that explore loneliness, alienation, and division in contemporary society. Thus, I've been thinking about a lot of films, from Taxi Driver to Barton Fink to Punch-drunk