Every Monday, we’ll highlight a piece of writing from our vaults. This review of In a Year with 13 Moons originally ran as a Criterion Prediction. The sensitive and beautiful sadness of Rainer Werner Fassbinder has never been more affecting...
Title: In a Year with 13 Moons Year: 1978 Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder Cast: Volker Spengler, Gottfried John, Ingrid Caven, Elisabeth Trissenaar, Eva Mattes Synopsis: A melancholic Elvira (Spengler) was once a butcher named Erwin; as she and her friend...
Title: Querelle Year: 1982 Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder Cast: Jeanne Moreau, Paul Davis, Franco Nero, Gunther Kaufmann Synopsis: This loose adaptation of Jean Genet’s Querelle of Brest follows Georges Querelle, a drug smuggling sailor with dangerous tendencies spending time in...
Generally, I try not to include much of anything in the way of biographical details about the filmmaker when writing about a film; as a matter of personal philosophy, I try to limit my focus to the content of the...
