The Marriage of Maria Braun
West Germany ,
1978.
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Cast: Hanna Schygulla, Klaus Löwitsch, Ivan Desny, Gottfried John, Günter Lamprecht
Cast: Hanna Schygulla, Klaus Löwitsch, Ivan Desny, Gottfried John, Günter Lamprecht
Fassbinder's most famous film and his greatest popular success, this 1979 sprawling melodrama and critique of postwar Germany has been deemed "a work of genius". Colour, 35mm, in German with English subtitles. 120 mins. [more...]
All that Heaven Allows
USA,
1955.
Director: Douglas Sirk
Cast: Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson, Agnes Moorehead, Conrad Nagel, Virginia Grey
Cast: Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson, Agnes Moorehead, Conrad Nagel, Virginia Grey
Douglas Sirk's glossy, glorious 1955 melodrama was a major influence on Fassbinder, who remade it in 1973 as ALI: FEAR EATS THE SOUL. Colour, 35mm. 89 mins. [more...]
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
West Germany ,
1973.
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Cast: Brigitte Mira, El Hedi ben Salem, Barbara Valentin, Irm Hermann, Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Cast: Brigitte Mira, El Hedi ben Salem, Barbara Valentin, Irm Hermann, Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Fassbinder's "racy" and beautiful reworking of Douglas Sirk's Hollywood melodrama ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS remains one of the director's most celebrated films. Colour, 35mm, in German with English subtitles. 93 mins. [more...]
