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‘The ingredients have to work’: Six musicians on the key to crafting the perfect runway soundtrack

Chris Erik Thomas discovers the secret recipe to creating an impactful runway soundtrack from some of fashion’s leading producers, DJs and musicians who work with names from JW Anderson to Prada

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Ian Penman’s ‘glittering’ book about Fassbinder wins Ondaatje prize

The veteran music journalist’s personal study of the German film-maker wins £10,000 honour for the year’s best literary evocation of place

The Guardian - UK

German Acting Legend Hanna Schygulla To Receive Lifetime Achievement Award

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

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From Kurt to Elvis, JFK and more, what movies did stars see just before they died?

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 Guardian - UK

Fassbinder: Thousands of Mirrors by Ian Penman – a freewheeling and insightful study of the film-maker’s allure

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

The Guardian - UK

Peter von Kant review – François Ozon’s gender-swapping flirt with Fassbinder

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

The Guardian - UK

Salvador Dalí's kinky eccentric wife

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

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Berlin's film frenzy gets underway: 72nd Berlinale opens with 'Peter von Kant'

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".

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Peter von Kant review – gender-flipped Fassbinder does away with the bitter tears

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

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