The Bitter Tears Of Petra Von Kant (Fassbinder on Sex)
(1972) [M]

Fassbinder on Sex combines three of Fassbinder's most risque and self-reflexive films, The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, Fox and his Friends and In a Year with 13 Moons, which offer the maverick filmmaker's unique views about sex and the nature of sexuality.

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Martha (Fassbinder on Melodrama)
(1974) [M]

Rainer Werner Fassbinder, the enfant terrible of the New German Cinema, drew much of his inspiration from the work of his idol, the German-born king of Hollywood melodrama, Douglas Sirk. Each of these three films is centred on a woman who is under pressure from those around her to conform, and...  More

Fear of Fear (Fassbinder on Melodrama)
[M]

Rainer Werner Fassbinder, the enfant terrible of the New German Cinema, drew much of his inspiration from the work of his idol, the German-born king of Hollywood melodrama, Douglas Sirk. Each of these three films is centred on a woman who is under pressure from those around her to conform, and...  More

Chinese Roulette (Fassbinder on Society)
(1976) [R]

A wealthy couple, with a daughter Angela, a young teen who walks with crutches, tells each other they are off for the weekend on business (he to Oslo, she to Milan). Actually, both are meeting their lovers, and both go to the family's county home, Traunitz castle. Surprising each other, there's...  More

Mother Kusters Goes to Heaven (Fassbinder on Terror)
(1975) [MA]

Mother Kusters (Brigette Kira) is the wife of a factory worker who goes beserk one day, killing himself and the boss' son. Mother finds herself a media celebrity, which only serves to make herself and her late husband look like idiots. Later, Mother is "adopted" by a Communist couple who wish to...  More

The Third Generation (Fassbinder on Terror)
(1979) [MA]

Made during the 2nd Generation of the violent left-wing West German group, Red Army Faction, the film speculates on what lay behind increased security and domestic terrorism in Germany. The first third of the movie plays as a comedy of the inside shenanigans of how such a group would behave. The...  More