Tag: Kultur
Obituary: Michael Würthle, artist and host of the Paris Bar – Kultur
From Peter Richter The fact that he was ill and facing the end was actually not entirely unknown. Michel Würthle had raised the issue himself often enough. Just last winter,…
Kamila Metwaly directs the Berlin festival Märzmusik – Kultur
From Wolfgang Schreiber The legendary Berlin avant-garde festival March music has now brought a woman shaped by two cultures to the top: Kamila Metwaly, mother Polish, father Egyptian, was born…
Protest against action star Donnie Yen’s Oscar performance – Kultur
From Kai Strittmatter What a week for Donnie Yen, actor, action star, “100 percent Chinese” as he calls himself. A moment ago in Beijing at the annual parade of friends…
Dispute over curator of African Book Festival – Kultur
From Sonja Zekri In the five years of its existence, the African Book Festival in Berlin has built up an enthusiastic young audience and an impeccable reputation, as well as…
Start of Houellebecq sex film postponed – Kultur
The start of the alleged porn film with the controversial French bestselling author Michel Houellebecq has been postponed. The director of the Dutch film collective Kirac Stefan Ruitenbeek announced on…
Martha Argerich and Daniel Barenboim in the Wiener Musikverein – Kultur
From Egbert Tholl They end up making children’s games. Literally. Playing the eleventh piece from Georges Bizet’s “Jeux d’enfant”, it is called “Petit mari, petite femme”. Before that he announces…
Radio play “The Daughter” in NDR Kultur – Medien
“I have the right to see the child I raised lead a normal and decent life.” Has she? The mother has been arguing with her daughter about this for years.…
Storybook “Congratulations. 15 stories about abortion” – Kultur
In “Congratulations” Theresia Enzensberger, Monika Helfer, Lena Gorelik and many more tell stories about abortion, sometimes even with a happy ending. From Christian Lutz How can it be that a…
Interview with Cate Blanchett: “Yes, it’s lonely at the top” – Kultur
Interviewed by Philip Boverman Like the celebrated artist Lydia Tár, who she embodies in the film “Tár”, Cate Blanchett is at the preliminary high point of a great career: at…
Dirk Oschmann’s book on “The East: A West German Invention” – Kultur
From Cornelius Pollmer In the sci-fi and action classic Demolition Man, Sylvester Stallone spends several decades in the freezer of a cryogenic detention center – lying motionless in a cold…