Climate change – Are agricultural machines involved?
Thistles to the horizon? Everyone should get out – by hand! Photo: dpa The market is not exactly flooded with nature literature. In the 80s, nature poetry boomed in the…
Leftist fantasy – How creepy was Gandhi?
This is how you write books: Agatha Christie at work. The furious “Antichrist” novel ultimately turns out to be a crime thriller in the style of British classics. Photo: AFP/PLANET…
Film »Critical Zone« – »Critical Zone« im Kino: »Yes! Fuck You!«
Forms of desire and sex are hinted at, but are never loving. Photo: W-Film Ali Ahmadzadeh’s new film is underground in the truest sense of the word, because Ahmadzadeh had…
Champions League – Red Star vs. FC Barcelona: The work of art from Belgrade
Red Star against Barca in the Marakana in Belgrade – like once with Maradona. Photo: imago/LaPresse Haven’t heard from Emir Kusturica in a long time, at least nothing that concerns…
Champions League – FC Bayern against Benfica Lisbon: “We always have to win”
Raphaël Guerreiro (2nd from right) and Bayern were recently overwhelmed internationally, as in the 4-1 defeat in Barcelona. Photo: imago/Mis As always, it was worth listening carefully, for which slow…
Pop literature – Joachim Lottmann: The survivor
What Lottmann isn’t all about: “steam talker” (Neider), “Fips Asmussen of contemporary literature” (Thomas Blum), “lying bucket” (“Tagesspiegel”) – and everything is true. Photo: imago/Christian Thiel The bang came suddenly.…
Media criticism – Everyone wanted to believe Hitler
The dictator is delighted. The Journal reported on him well. Photo: image/Photo12 Media researcher Lutz Hachmeister claims that interviews with dictators or autocrats are largely pointless, also with a view…
Women’s emancipation – How the East is changing the West
Self-confident women in the GDR Photo: cradall.org He left no doubt: “The unification of two equal states is not taking place here,” said Wolfgang Schäuble, who played a key role…
Broadcasting today – receiver in the transmitter
These men should not only listen to the radio, but also sing on the radio (like Gerd Müller, 2nd from right, did). Photo: image/Horstmüller Niklas Luhmann’s 1996 book “The Reality…
Cottbus Film Festival – In a not so free world
In Michaela Pavlátová’s animation “My Sunny Maad”, a Czech student decides to move to Kabul and discovers a whole new world there. Photo: ©NEGATIV SRO–ČESKÁ TELEVIZE–ALKAY ANIMATION PRAGUE GAOSHAN PICTURES–INNERVISION…