“9/11 was a psychic wound that fostered a new relation to the world, and those who grew up in its aftermath struggled to digest its lessons; some fell back onto intransigence, while others internalized the damage.”
“While it might be easy to assume that films like ‘Natural Born Killers’ and ‘Funny Games’ simply demonise their audiences as wanting the thrill of violence without thinking about the consequence of it, the films instead ask questions, instead of only providing answers.”
“In ‘Happy End,’ writer/director Michael Haneke coalesces several of his recurring fixations.”
“It’s the demons within that Kôji Fukada astutely brings to life in ‘Harmonium.'”
