News
Spirits have a Silver Lining
David O Russell’s Oscar-hopeful Silver Linings Playbook has taken the top awards at the Independent Spirit Awards, in a marquee on the Santa Monica sea-front.
Michael Haneke
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César voters love Amour
Amour might be the Austrian nomination for the Best Foreign Language Oscar, but the film academy in France claimed Michael Haneke’s French-language drama as one of its own, to bestow five César Awards on…
News
Argo wows BAFTA, with two top awards
Ben Affleck – shunned for a Best Director nomination at the Oscars – has continued to pick up every other award in his path, being named the Best Director by BAFTA.
Blog
Amour wows London Critics
The Austrian-French co-production Amour has picked up three of the top prizes at the London Film Critics Circle Awards.
Review
Amour
Director: Michael Haneke - Starring: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva, Isabelle Huppert
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Cannes continues its Love affair with Haneke
The Austrian director Michael Haneke has won the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival for the second time in four years.
Cinema
Rainsoaked Cannes ends with a stroke of genius
It might have been one of the wettest Cannes Film Festivals in living memory, but from from the point of view of the industry, it had to be good news - those…
News
Handful of Cannes favourites to return to the Croisette
Former winners of the Palme d'Or, including Britain's Ken Loach and the polyglot Austrian Michael Haneke, are back in competition again at this year's Cannes Film Festival.
Review
The White Ribbon
Cinema
Prizes evenly spread at Cannes, as Haneke wins Palme dOr
Jason Korsner reports from Cannes 26 May 2009 With the recession muting the glitz and glamour of this year's Cannes Film Festival, many reviewers say the competition films themselves were among the…