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Mutter old but epic!

Thu, 10 May 2012 12:00:00 GMT

Seventy-three years later and Bertolt Brecht's Mutter Courage und Ihre Kinder still delivers. With a strong cast, Paul Dessau's music and direction by Claus Peymann, this production is a amazingly crafted and worth the ticket price.

The other lit caste

Fri, 04 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT

Tired of the same old reading nights where the chance of surprise is limited to when your mobile embarrassingly goes off? So were Thomas Götz von Aust and Andreas Schwarz. Dichter and Dichter vs. Borderlines is the antidote.

“Radicalise camp”

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 11:00:00 GMT

INTERVIEW. The Camp/Anti-Camp: A Queer Guide to Everyday Life special! Here filmmaker Bruce LaBruce discusses the elusive term ‘camp’ in preparation for the three-day festival which opens April 19.

7. Jahre London Calling

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 14:00:00 GMT

Berlin's gay electro dance party never goes out of style and hits seven years. Happy birthday! Regulars Michael von Fischback, Sheila Chipperfield, Drew and Metzgerei keep the glitter and sneakers moving while we wait for the super surprise set.

He eats scum: an interview with Nick Zedd

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 11:00:00 GMT

Downtown low-budget shock king Nick Zedd on why his movies aren’t pretty. Showing at the KW Institute through Apr 9 as part of You Killed Me First, the Cinema of Transgression.

St. Patrick's Day Festival

Thu, 01 Mar 2012 08:00:00 GMT

Paddy's Day is alive and kicking in Berlin with a day of celebration featuring music, a parade, and of course, lots and lots of beer. Join the ranks of silly headwear and merriment on the corner of Oranienstraße / Adalbertstraße.

EXBlicks: The gutter lens

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 08:00:00 GMT

Continuing our Berlin film series is M.A. Littler’s Radical Man, a profile of polemic urban portraitist Miron Zownir. Dragging himself from the city gutters, Zownir will be on hand for a post-screening Q&A.

Sookee

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:00:00 GMT

The Kreuzberger rapper unleashes a hard but playful dose of feminist hip hop and glamour with her third album Bitches, Butches, Dykes & Divas at the quintessential Xberg venue.

Still on the hunt: Duran Duran's Roger Taylor

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 08:00:00 GMT

With Mark Ronson producing All You Need Is Now and a video in which the band is played by top supermodels, the catsuits are back and begin their unzipping Tue, Jan 31 at C-Halle.

EXBlicks: Punks in luck

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 08:00:00 GMT

The next installment of our Berlin film series (with English subs!) will be with Claudia Lehmann's Hans im Glück, a documentary of GDR punk, Hans Narva. As well as the Q&A with Lehmann, Narva perform!

A chat with... Claudia Lehmann

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 08:00:00 GMT

EXBlicks features the director's take on a man of many personalities: Hans Narva. Lehmann's Hans im Glück will screen on Mon, Jan 16 at Lichtblick Kino followed by a Q&A and concert!

Nuclear Family

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 08:00:00 GMT

Berlin's most fabulous club hostess Chantal kicks off 2012 with NSFW synth punk from Nuclear Family who serve up 'family values' like Carol Brady did red meat. The DJ Bunch be Divinity, Maringo, S-Tee and Miss Danger.

Blood and Black Lace

Fri, 04 Nov 2011 08:00:00 GMT

Part of Mitternachtskino Mario Bava, Blood and Black Lace follows the exploits of a sadistic killer of fashion models. The Italian director is considered to have kicked off the giallo film genre with the classic body count thriller. Nov 19-23)

Planet of the Vampires

Fri, 04 Nov 2011 08:00:00 GMT

Part of Mitternachtskino Mario Bava: while not really about vampires per se, Bava's 1965 science fiction film is said to have been an influence on Ridley Scott's Alien albeit a bit campier and no H.R. Giger. Nov 12-16