In June three seasons of film are offering the opportunity to become better acquainted in different ways with the work of Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Until the end of month the Dryden Theater in New York’s venerable George Eastman House is screening three of Fassbinder’s films in 35mm. The season comprises MOTHER KÜSTERS GOES TO HEAVEN, (…)

On Monday, 15 June, Berlin’s Schlosspark Theater is hosting a very special guest in the person of Hanna Schygulla. In a follow-up to “17 70 – a journey through time,” with which she recently marked Fassbinder’s seventieth birthday at the Heimathafen Neukölln, the singer and actress is presenting a show titled “Dann werd ich eine (…)

Although the actual anniversary of Fassbinder’s seventieth birthday has now passed, events commemorating the seventieth year since his birth continue. For instance, two new theater productions of RWF works can currently be seen in Germany and Switzerland. On 30 May the Theaterforum Kreuzberg in Berlin is hosting a guest performance by the independent theatre company (…)

This year 31 May marks the seventieth anniversary of Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s birth and several events have been arranged to mark the occasion appropriately. Starting at 7:30 p.m. a musical reading by Antje Vollmer and Hans-Eckardt Wenzel is taking place in Berlin’s Martin-Gropius-Bau. The two authors will be presenting their book “Hinter den Bildern die (…)

On Wednesday, 27 May the French-German TV broadcaster is presenting a double feature dedicated to the work of Rainer Werner Fassbinder. This evening of RWF begins at 8:15 p.m. with one of director’s biggest successes, THE MARRIAGE OF MARIA BRAUN, featuring Hanna Schygulla in the lead role. Using the tools of melodrama, the film tells (…)