2005: Caché (Hidden)

In Caché, possibly critic's darling Michael Haneke's most acclaimed film, a well-off, cultured couple suddenly get anonymous mail containing videotapes showing recent recordings of their house. More tapes and other stuff follow. That's a good premise for a film, the story has some nice twists and it's good to see this not develop into a Hollywood-style redemption movie, but the screenwriter Haneke decides to piss the story's potential up the wall in favour of artsy cleverness and the director Haneke, it appears, does not realize that film is a visual medium (a suspicion confirmed by his most recent Das weiße Band, the only other of Haneke's films I've seen). Badly in need of a remake. Even if it features Bruce Willis. (4.5)