TALKE TALKS: The blue kid
The crowning glory of a US school day: the pompous prom, to which boys sometimes invite their dance partners via video message Foto: IMAGO/USA TODAY Network Talke talks News from…
Defa literature: GDR films: curiosity about reality with Günter Kunert
Making connections between author and recipient clear: “Beethoven – Days from a Life,” for which Kunert wrote the script Photo: Defa Foundation After his remarkable book with personal testimonies by…
Fun and responsibility: I couldn’t help but wonder
When traffic comes to a standstill, conversations begin: material extraction at a standstill Photo: dpa/KEYSTONE/Gian Ehrenzeller What do you lose when you turn the things you experience into narratives? People…
Literature: About squids and people: “Because there was something in the water”
In the book, a biologist explains that squid and humans share a common ancestor. Foto: imago/Ocean Photo(m) It is usually forbidden to reveal the ending of a book. In this…
Netflix series: Sequel to “Squid Game”: Darwinism for armchair farters
While in the original 456 South Korean actors gambled for victory or death, now it is Anglo-American normal citizens. Photo: Netflix Television is a simple, deeply predictable medium. If something…
The Left: Gysi: “If anything, then be Chancellor”
Questions for Gregor Gysi: Has he ever smoked weed? What is life like as a single person? What does football mean to him? Foto: Imago/Photothek/Xander Heinl Imagine the two of…
Obituary: Erika Runge: Say what is
Erika Runge looks into and out of everyday life: among people in the café Photo: IMAGO/Matthias Reichelt Years ago, a former friend gave me a narrow yellow Suhrkamp volume: “Women.…
“Conditionally defensively broad”: Carlo Masala: Germany should be ready for war again
Where will the Bundeswehr be heading soon? Photo: Imago/Wedel Rough times provoke nightmares. How long will it be before there is a war cabinet in Germany? Camouflage suit instead of…
Climate collapse: after us the flood
Instead of stopping their environmentally damaging behavior, the super-rich take survival courses to practice how they can start fires “the day after” and survive the environmental collapse. Foto: picture alliance/dpa/Christoph…
Features/Cinema: Film “Holy Shit”: Shit, piss, poop
On behalf of enlightenment, director Abruña follows poop around the world. Photo: Thurn Film The New York filmmaker Rubén Abruña is clearly aware that the subject of his film must…