Australia’s first major Fassbinder retrospective has been running at Brisbane’s Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) since October 2017. The retrospective runs until 4 July and admission is free. Moreover, on 23 June at 2 p.m. Juliane Maria Lorenz will hold a talk at GOMA about women in Fassbinder’s work (more information is available on the (…)

It is now 50 years since the revolutionary year 1968, which has in the interim become a symbol of social change. For Fassbinder 1968 was a phase of transition. He had already shot short films such as THE CITY TRAMP (1965) and THE LITTLE CHAOS (1966) but was yet to make his first feature film, (…)

The US screenings of Fassbinder’s working-class TV series EIGHT HOURS DON’T MAKE A DAY have been a great success, attracting enthusiastic reviews in the press. The New York Times, for instance, writes: “Once again, here is a work that […] makes Mr. Fassbinder look more inventive than just about any filmmaker working today. […] The (…)

In the coming weeks Fassbinder will once again be very much the flavor of the month in the USA. Between 14 and 27 March the Film Forum in New York is screening the restored version of RWF’s working-class TV series EIGHT HOURS DON’T MAKE A DAY. The series is being presented in three parts, which (…)

Since 1977 Deutsches Haus in New York has been promoting intercultural dialog. Located in historic Greenwich Village, the institution continues to offer a range of language courses, caters to children with special events, and of course sees itself as a platform for art from German-speaking countries – which can take the form of exhibitions, readings (…)