The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant is a compelling drama directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, focusing on the intense and tumultuous relationships of Petra von Kant, a prominent fashion designer in ...

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One of the major cinematic events of the fall is the Rainer Werner Fassbinder retrospective at Doc Films, which runs on Sunday nights at 7 PM through December 3. The series, consisting of nine ...

The Little Green Pig Theatrical Concern (always delightful in its difference from all the little pink pigs) is following up last year’s Russian season with a German season, which opened May 3 at ...

The past is a deadly weapon.

Exclusive: Celebrating the 50th anniversay of "The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant," the Berlin hit is set to premiere at Frameline this weekend. François Ozon is one of France’s most prolific ...

More than 20 years after adapting a Rainer Werner Fassbinder play called “Waters Drops on Burning Rocks” into a movie, François Ozon has made this gender-flipped adaptation of one of Fassbinder’s ...

EXCLUSIVE: The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s 1972 drama, is being reimagined for the second time in as many years, this time by a team of Iranian filmmakers. Fassbinder’s ...

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Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s all-female story about power, desire and obsession in the fashion world is best known from his own highly wrought 1972 film version. Here in a new contemporary translation ...

In this early play, Rainer Werner Fassbinder depicts the obsession a spoiled fashion designer, Petra von Kant, has with ambitious, self-absorbed model Karin. When Fassbinder filmed his play in 1972, ...