These days we more often hear of cinemas that are closing than ones that are opening. This applies above all to art house cinemas. However, there has recently been a positive development in this respect in New York, where the newly opened Metrograph is providing a meeting point for the cinephile community, offering a movie (…)

On 4 March Falk Richter’s “Je suis Fassbinder” is premiering at the National Theater of Strasbourg. The play is based on the episode contributed by Fassbinder to the film GERMANY IN AUTUMN, which deals with the hysterical atmosphere in West Germany during the period of RAF terrorism. Following his controversial production “Fear,” in which Richter (…)

February is Berlinale month! Germany’s biggest film festival is being held again February 11-21. For us, this is a particularly interesting year because the festival program includes an homage to Michael Ballhaus, the renowned cinematographer and long-standing friend of the Fassbinder Foundation. As part of this celebration of his career, Ballhaus, who worked on 15 (…)

It is not only this Fassbinder anniversary year that is slowly drawing to an end but also Eva Matthes’ role as a police inspector in the popular German crime series “Tatort”. After fourteen years working on episodes set around Lake Constance, the actress will give her farewell performance in a show that “has it all.” (…)

Now that the plethora of events marking the anniversary of RWF’s birth is behind us, we have decided to restart in November with a new approach. Rather than regular posts we will now be issuing a monthly newsletter containing the most important information on events and publications relating to Fassbinder. Our focus will be not (…)