- Introduces one of the most important directors to have emerged on the global cinema scene in the past fifteen years
- Includes exclusive interviews with Michael Haneke, including an interview discussion of The White Ribbon
- Considers themes, topics, and subjects that have formed the nucleus of the director's life's work: the fate of European cinema, Haneke in Hollywood, pornography, alienation, citizenship, colonialism, and the gaze of surveillance
- Features critical examinations of La Pianiste, Time of the Wolf, Three Paths to the Lake and Caché, amongst others