Marcel Ophuls’ documentary NOVEMBER DAYS will be available soon on DVD. The film was commissioned by the BBC and shot one year after the fall of the Berlin Wall. By way of a series of interviews, it explores the “hangover” in the wake of German reunification. In taking stock of this situation, Ophuls quickly departs (…)

On 27 November the Munich Kammerspiele is presenting the premiere of Susanne Kennedy’s production of Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? The play is based on the film of the same name made by Rainer Werner Fassbinder and Michael Fengler, which tells the story of a family man whose conformist, middle-class life leads to homicidal (…)

Following a limited German cinema release in March, Volker Schlöndorff’s film adaptation of Bertolt Brecht’s BAAL will be released in French cinemas on 26 November. The film is being screened in the digitally restored version that had its world premiere at this year’s Berlin Film Festival. At the center of the film is Rainer Werner (…)

In May, New York’s Lincoln Center screened the first part of its extensive Fassbinder retrospective. Now the second part is being shown from 7 to 26 November. The focus is above all on the filmmaker’s later works, and the selection includes not only feature films but also a number of projects made for television. While (…)

Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s ALI: FEAR EATS THE SOUL is now being released in two Blu-ray editions in its restored version. The film is being brought out in Germany by Studio Canal, and for the English-speaking market as a part of the Criterion Collection. The restoration was made possible by the German Federal Film Board’s content-digitization (…)