David and his ensemble gather 'round the table to enjoy and engage with Fassbinder's winsome series about family life and the German working class.
Tag - Rainer Werner Fassbinder
David Blakeslee
Criterion Reflections – Episode 121 – Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
David and guests discuss Fassbinder's emotionally intense and visually compelling chamber piece, exquisitely crafted and impeccably performed, a superb artistic achievement for everyone involved.
Criterion Reflections – Episode 84 – Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s The Merchant of Four Seasons
David is joined by Jordan Essoe and Robert Taylor as we sink our teeth into the fresh and ripe first fruits from Fassbinder's exploration of Sirkian melodrama.
Criterion Reflections – Episode 71 – Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s Beware of a Holy Whore
David and his ensemble cast talk about Rainer Werner and *his* ensemble cast as they discuss this pivotal work in Fassbinder's early career.
Criterion Reflections – Episode 16 – Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s GODS OF THE PLAGUE
David is joined by Jason Beamish and Josh Hornbeck to discuss a mournful crime drama from the Early Fassbinder Eclipse Series set.
Joshua Reviews Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s Eight Hours Don’t Make A Day [Theatrical Review]
Fassbinder's long unseen familial epic finally arrives in US theaters, and is a towering achievement from one of cinema's great masters.
Joshua Brunsting
Criterion Reflections – Episode 7 – Autumn 1969 Part 1
Films discussed in this episode include Katzelmacher, My Night at Maud's, More and The Color of Pomegranates.
Criterion Reflections – Episode 4 – Summer 1969 Part 1
Films discussed in this episode: Love is Colder than Death, All My Good Countrymen, Putney Swope, Phantom India and Boy
Trevor Reviews Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s Fox and His Friends [Criterion Collection Blu-Ray Review]
Complex and controversial, Rainer Werner Fassbinder's Fox and his Friends is now available in a striking Blu-ray from The Criterion Collection.
Trevor Berrett
Joshua Reviews Christian Braad Thomsen’s Fassbinder: Love Without Demands [Theatrical Review]
One of two documentaries about the beloved German filmmaker, this is one of the definitive texts when discussing this auteur.
Scott Reviews The Rainer Werner Fassbinder Collection [Arrow Video Blu-ray Review]
The UK company gathers together some of the legendary German director's most-acclaimed films in a gorgeous package.
Scott Nye
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 30 – Early Fassbinder [Part 2]
David and Trevor discuss the final three films in this box set: Gods of the Plague, The American Soldier and Beware of a Holy Whore.
Sean Reviews Olivier Assayas’ Clouds of Sils Maria [NYFF 2014]
A mesmerizing drama of oblique emotions and gorgeous visuals.
Sean Hutchinson
FilmLinc Announces Complete Rainer Werner Fassbinder Retrospective
The two-part series also includes films inspired by Fassbinder's work.
A Journey Through the Eclipse Series: Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s Beware of a Holy Whore
Concluding my coverage of the Early Fassbinder Eclipse box.