Rainer Werner Fassbinder – Stream On Demand

Margit Carstensen stars in the film by Rainer Werner Fassbinder

RW Fassbinder’s ‘The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant’ on Max and Criterion Channel

!Featured, adapted from the stage, Blu-ray, Criterion, Criterion Channel, drama, DVD, International Classics, LGBTQ, Max, SVOD 06/07/2023 Sean Axmaker

Rainer Werner Fassbinder adapted his own stage play for this modern twist on the all-woman classic ‘The Women.’ Margit Carstensen and Hanna Schygulla star.

Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 'World on a Wire'

‘World on a Wire’ – the first virtual reality thriller on The Criterion Channel

!Featured, based on a novel, Blu-ray, Criterion, Criterion Channel, Cult Movies, DVD, Have You Seen...?, International Cinema, Science Fiction, SVOD 08/30/2017 Sean Axmaker

World on a Wire (Germany, 1973), made by Rainer Werner Fassbinder in 1973 for German television, is to the best of my knowledge the first film to explore virtual reality. And this from a director who never made a science film before or since. There are no Matrix visuals here—you might say that Fassbinder suggests his […]

Nicole Heesters and Rainer Werner Fassbinder in Wolfgang Kremm's "Kamikaze '89"

‘Kamikaze ’89’ – Fassbinder goes cyberpunk on Amazon Prime and Sundance Now

!Featured, Amazon Prime Video, Cult Movies, International Cinema, Science Fiction, Sundance Now 01/12/2017 Sean Axmaker

Kamikaze ’89 (Germany, 1982) – Rainer Werner Fassbinder takes a rare onscreen lead in what would be his last screen appearance in Wolfgang Kremm’s 1982 new wave science fiction cop drama. Based on a satirical science fiction novel by Swedish crime writer Per Wahlöö, it’s a cyberpunk murder mystery in a totalitarian near future, where […]