This month we must once again say farewell to friends. One of them is the photographer Erika Rabau, who died on 10 April. Rabau was born into a middle-class family in Gdansk. She originally wanted to be an actress but decided first to see the world. Her travels took her to South America, where she (…)

This past March was sadly overshadowed by the death of Rudolf Waldemar Brem – an actor and a member of Fassbinder’s circle during the early phase of the director’s career – who died March 17 at the age of 67. Brem was only 19 when he met Fassbinder. The powerfully built young man with blonde (…)

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 (…)