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Actor once said ‘it is better to be evil and scare people rather than be the guy who works in the post office and goes home to his wife and children’

The actor who starred in more than 250 films including memorable roles in 'Suspiria', 'My Own Private Idaho' and the films of Lars Von Trier, has died aged 81.

Hanna Schygulla, German acting legend, to be honored with lifetime achievement award at German Film Awards for her iconic performances in cinema.

For Franz Kafka, it was The Kid. For Stanley Kubrick, it was the trailer to Eyes Wide Shut. But what about Cobain, Presley and Kennedy? Artist Stanley Schtinter talks us through his revelatory new project

The former NME star writer rewatches the films of the German director and writes hauntingly about the way our tastes and passions change over time

A director’s infatuation with a boy turns sour in the French film-maker’s frothy reworking of The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant

"Dalíland" star Barbara Sukow discusses the couple's sex life, how to play a corpse and working with Fassbinder

It's Europe's most accessible, edgy and – often – political film festival. The Berlinale has kicked off in the German capital with François Ozon's "Peter von Kant", a gender-swapped reimagining of German director Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 1972 feature "The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant".

François Ozon gives Fassbinder’s all-female 1972 drama The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant a makeover, making it lighter and more camp