Rainer Werner Fassbinder

In praise of Isabel Sandoval

By Lillian Crawford

Though her work remains undistributed in the UK, her superb film and TV episodes show an immense and unique talent on the rise.

Enfant Terrible is a fittingly flawed portrait of Rainer Werner Fassbinder

By Abigail Yartey

This vibrant biography explores much of what made the German filmmaker such a mercurial talent.

Hanna Schygulla: ‘Fassbinder had very concrete ideas about the choreography of bodies’

By David Jenkins

The German actor reveals how she coped with being Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s muse.

Life is wilder than art: The Rainer Werner Fassbinder story

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

He was an abusive and tempestuous artist, but the emotional power of the late German director’s tragic melodramas is undeniable.

The 10 best films by Rainer Werner Fassbinder

By David Jenkins

An essential viewing guide to the work of this German maestro ahead of a full BFI retrospective.

Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974)

By David Jenkins

Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s subversive romantic masterpiece returns ahead of a full BFI retrospective.

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