Slaughterhouses of Modernity 2023

Contemporary cinema’s preeminent chronicler of architecture and its intersection with the ever-present crisis of 20th-century modernity, Heinz Emigholz returns with an alternately mournful and sly treatise on how the presence—and, in some cases, absence—of municipal and communal building architecture is inseparable from capitalist ideology. Focusing mainly on cities and provinces in Argentina, Germany, and Bolivia, Emigholz’s latest film is a work of quiet observation and historical excavation. From slaughterhouses in Salamone to the flooded former spa city of Epecuén to the newly built Humboldt Forum in Berlin, the film demonstrates the effect of capital on public spaces, where creation and destruction go hand in hand, and as always, Emigholz makes the journey one of intellectual force and cinematic beauty.

Kiev Stingl - No Erklaerungen 2020

Let's Kiss and Say Goodbye 1988

A study of the alienated people who frequent the Ballhaus Barmbek dance hall, including an obese El groupie, an old man reciting poetry, two young women and a regular dance employee.

Gibbi Westgermany 1980

After years at sea, a young man returns to St. Pauli, where he is ruined by his mother's unkindness and social resistance.

Bartleby 1976

Adaptation of the novel "Bartleby the Scrinener: A story of Wall Street" (1853) by Hermann Melville.