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"[T]ense, provocative and unnerving....[The film] could be considered a culmination of this difficult director's brilliant career."Los Angeles Times "Shot in vivid black and white, the movie is like VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED directed by Ingmar Bergman..." -- Grade: B-Entertainment Weekly "[Haneke] uses the sharp elegance of Christian Berger's monochrome cinematography, the grammatical precision of old-fashioned speech and the pageantry of period drama to lull and also to inflame the audience's expectations."New York Times "Shot with dry discipline in striking black and white, the deliberately paced, consistently unnerving film invites viewers into every corner of its town..." -- Grade: AA.V. Club "THE WHITE ROOM is an artful examination of a small town and small-mindedness and the potential for full-blown, large-scale evil."USA Today "[S]evere and eerily beautiful....Mr. Haneke's film is accessible, though its pace is deliberate and its affect muted."Wall Street Journal 3.5 stars out of 4 -- "Shot in stunning black-and-white by the gifted Christian Berger, THE WHITE RIBBON is a toxic blossom of images that burn into your memory..."Rolling Stone "Everything about the film's masterfully executed aesthetic suggests harmony, order, the absence of extremes, exquisite deliberation...director Michael Haneke teases dread and uncertainty from classical form."Movieline 4 stars out of 4 -- "The film is visually masterful....THE WHITE RIBBON tells a simple story in a village about little people and suggests that we must find a balance between fear and security."Chicago Sun-Times 4 stars out of 5 -- "Its lack of resolution is one reason the movie lingers, along with its stunning cinematography and unsettling performances, particularly from the children at the movie's heart."Uncut45.41513
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"[T]ense, provocative and unnerving....[The film] could be considered a culmination of this difficult director's brilliant career."Los Angeles Times "Shot in vivid black and white, the movie is like VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED directed by Ingmar Bergman..." -- Grade: B-Entertainment Weekly "[Haneke] uses the sharp elegance of Christian Berger's monochrome cinematography, the grammatical precision of old-fashioned speech and the pageantry of period drama to lull and also to inflame the audience's expectations."New York Times "Shot with dry discipline in striking black and white, the deliberately paced, consistently unnerving film invites viewers into every corner of its town..." -- Grade: AA.V. Club "THE WHITE ROOM is an artful examination of a small town and small-mindedness and the potential for full-blown, large-scale evil."USA Today "[S]evere and eerily beautiful....Mr. Haneke's film is accessible, though its pace is deliberate and its affect muted."Wall Street Journal 3.5 stars out of 4 -- "Shot in stunning black-and-white by the gifted Christian Berger, THE WHITE RIBBON is a toxic blossom of images that burn into your memory..."Rolling Stone "Everything about the film's masterfully executed aesthetic suggests harmony, order, the absence of extremes, exquisite deliberation...director Michael Haneke teases dread and uncertainty from classical form."Movieline 4 stars out of 4 -- "The film is visually masterful....THE WHITE RIBBON tells a simple story in a village about little people and suggests that we must find a balance between fear and security."Chicago Sun-Times 4 stars out of 5 -- "Its lack of resolution is one reason the movie lingers, along with its stunning cinematography and unsettling performances, particularly from the children at the movie's heart."Uncut45.41513
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"[It] remains one of his most powerful and disturbing films, and one of his most enigmatic as well." Film Comment "[A] formally rigorous feature debut....Gripping..."Sight and Sound45.1343
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"Haneke offers a mournfully impressive vision of contemporary malaise..." Film Comment "[A]n icy-cool study of violence both mediated and horribly real....Mr. Haneke has emerged as an important force in world cinema in the last decade..." New York Times45.1343
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"[A] fabulously upsetting, doesn't-leave-your-head thriller....The picture moves with stealth, enjoying its own thriller-ness as hints are laid and mislaid." -- Grade: A Entertainment Weekly "[U]nsettling and tense, even shocking. And its story of enduring tensions between an Algerian immigrant and a well-off French family is particularly timely."USA Today "[T]aut, terse, brisk and immediately engaging....This is provocative filmmaking at its finest, boasting portrayals that are impeccable because they are so completely natural."Los Angeles Times "[A] tense, politically tinged psychological thriller about vengeance and injustice." New York Times "[T]his beautifully controlled, gripping film benefits from the pitch-perfect performances of Daniel Auteuil and Juliette Binoche." Movieline's Hollywood Life "Daniel Auteuil and Juliette Binoche are masterful....It's brilliantly tense, original and hypnotic." Uncut "HIDDEN is really the latest of Haneke's portraits of the bourgeois European family and its discontents....Haneke's most rigorous yet." Sight and Sound 5 stars out of 5 -- "HIDDEN's story is tight, its characters compulsive....[Haneke] has a point, and it's chilling and beautifully made." Total Film 4 stars out of 4 -- "It's a moral and political allegory wrapped in the husk of a suspense thriller, and Haneke makes their nightmares ours by hiding a few puzzle pieces." Premiere 5 stars out of 5 -- "[A] masterpiece....[With an] intentionally cryptic narrative. It's not called HIDDEN for nothing."Empire45.05303
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"[A] fabulously upsetting, doesn't-leave-your-head thriller....The picture moves with stealth, enjoying its own thriller-ness as hints are laid and mislaid." -- Grade: A Entertainment Weekly "[U]nsettling and tense, even shocking. And its story of enduring tensions between an Algerian immigrant and a well-off French family is particularly timely."USA Today "[T]aut, terse, brisk and immediately engaging....This is provocative filmmaking at its finest, boasting portrayals that are impeccable because they are so completely natural."Los Angeles Times "[A] tense, politically tinged psychological thriller about vengeance and injustice." New York Times "[T]his beautifully controlled, gripping film benefits from the pitch-perfect performances of Daniel Auteuil and Juliette Binoche." Movieline's Hollywood Life "Daniel Auteuil and Juliette Binoche are masterful....It's brilliantly tense, original and hypnotic." Uncut "HIDDEN is really the latest of Haneke's portraits of the bourgeois European family and its discontents....Haneke's most rigorous yet." Sight and Sound 5 stars out of 5 -- "HIDDEN's story is tight, its characters compulsive....[Haneke] has a point, and it's chilling and beautifully made." Total Film 4 stars out of 4 -- "It's a moral and political allegory wrapped in the husk of a suspense thriller, and Haneke makes their nightmares ours by hiding a few puzzle pieces." Premiere 5 stars out of 5 -- "[A] masterpiece....[With an] intentionally cryptic narrative. It's not called HIDDEN for nothing."Empire45.0124
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4 stars out of 5 -- "In Haneke's hands we feel the same sense of hopelessness as the family....Haneke smashes down the fourth wall and makes it chillingly clear that we are playing by his rules and his rules alone."Uncut "It's been made with brutal fascination and skill....Haneke works in cleanly organized shots, with a nagging real-time pace reminiscent of Kubrick." -- Grade: B+Entertainment Weekly 4 stars out of 5 -- "[A] horrifying, brilliantly assured experiment in human cruelty....Naomi Watts is exceptional as the suffering wife, as is Michael Pitt as Paul."Total Film 4 stars out of 5 -- "Key to its success is the fantastic Michael Pitt....Watt, especially gives her all..." Empire44.97177
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"...[A] beautifully acted and paced German variant of CAPE FEAR..."New York Times "[I]t certainly fulfills its aim of exposing the ugly, unpalatable reality of violence."Sight and Sound44.80924
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"...[A] beautifully acted and paced German variant of CAPE FEAR..."New York Times "[I]t certainly fulfills its aim of exposing the ugly, unpalatable reality of violence."Sight and Sound44.80924
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"[A] dreamy first feature....The movie catalogs political change through the personal stories of four women..." -- Grade: B+Entertainment Weekly "With its intense chiaroscuro and meticulous manipulation of color that ranges from stark black and white to richer, shifting hues in scenes set in a metaphorical orchard, the film surpasses even Michael Haneke's WHITE RIBBON in the fierce beauty and precision of its cinematography..."New York Times "WOMEN WITHOUT MEN works remarkably well when Neshat pushes the story aside in order to immerse viewers in single, surreal moments. The movie began life a series of museum pieces, and it retains the transportive effect of a well-conceived exhibit."A.V. Club0.4493429
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3 stars out of 5 -- "Gripped with an unnerving iciness, AFTERSCHOOL has style and smarts..."Total Film 3 stars out of 5 -- "Campos creates an interesting sense of dramatic distance..."Box Office "Campos captures the numbing psychic scramble that might just cause the YouTube generation to go morally haywire." -- Grade: B+Entertainment Weekly0.2031601
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Rolling Stone - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[I]t's a testament to the man's charisma that MICHAEL can be compelling."Entertainment Weekly (p.80) - "MICHAEL is a solid album..." -- Grade: BBillboard (p.48) - "[T]he singer's tone is warm and relatable....The set offers a touching final look at an unbelievable talent."Record Collector (magazine) (p.90) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[N]otable for the Lenny Kravitz/Dave Grohl rock-out of '(I Can't Make It) Another Day' and the tender balladry of 'Much Too Soon.'"9.585154
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Rolling Stone - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[I]t's a testament to the man's charisma that MICHAEL can be compelling."Entertainment Weekly (p.80) - "MICHAEL is a solid album..." -- Grade: BBillboard (p.48) - "[T]he singer's tone is warm and relatable....The set offers a touching final look at an unbelievable talent."Record Collector (magazine) (p.90) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[N]otable for the Lenny Kravitz/Dave Grohl rock-out of '(I Can't Make It) Another Day' and the tender balladry of 'Much Too Soon.'"9.585154
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Rolling Stone (p.125) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[O]n friendly jams like the lovestruck 'Hood Buzzin' and the slinky, Prince-esque 'We All Want the Same Thing,' Michael is a confident hookmeister and born crowd pleaser."Vibe (p.96) - "[T]here's something refreshingly honest about the singer....A collection of mostly butterscotch ballads...deliciously liquid rhythm and blues."9.481233
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Magnet (8-9/99, p.79) - "...Krassner's songs resonate....It's a classic voyeur trip; you can't tuen away or help but wonder if among these crescendos and broken hearts there's something worth gazing at."9.418015
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Entertainment Weekly (7/25/97, p.73) - "Newcomer Peterson survives some lightweight production to craft a feel-good dance album that's skillfully embraces Nashville's new anti-drinking code..." - Rating: B9.418015
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