Angela Merkel’s memories – “Why do I have to do this?”
No, that wasn’t the Merkel diamond, that was a greeting to the audience on Tuesday in Berlin. Photo: dpa/Michael Kappeler “Everything is possible,” says Angela Merkel, that is the quintessence…
Documentary – Jamel documentary: Mostly alone among Nazis
At least once a year among normal people: Birgit and Horst Lohmeyer Photo: ARD Kultur/SWR/No M/Andreas Hornoff As a rule, you can’t choose your neighbors. With whom Birgit Lohmeyer has…
Netflix series – “Bank under Siege”: A mood of optimism after the Franco dictatorship
Exciting question: Are they just bank robbers or a right-wing terrorist group? Foto: Netflix When eleven masked, armed men stormed the central bank in Barcelona in the morning hours of…
“Boss matter ESC 2025” – Stefan Raab: Self-portrayal at the expense of weaker people
Stefan Raab is unfortunately back on German television with “You won’t win a million here with Stefan Raab”. Photo: dpa/Raab Entertainment/RTL | Julia Feldhagen The humor of the 90s was…
Film review – “Vena” in the cinema: Against the poisons
Emma Nova plays Jenny with almost documentary intensity. Photo: World Cinema Love can be so beautiful. In the first shot of the film we see Jenny and Bolle cuddling on…
Attention Economy – Bushido: From the Curb to the Stock Exchange
Photo: picture alliance/dpa/Jörg Carstensen Until a few weeks ago, Anis Youssef Ferchichi – better known as Bushido – had an excellent handle on the staging of his own life. Since…
Hamburg State Opera – “Der Freischütz”: Comes time, comes forest
The forest gorge scene: behind every tree an abyss Foto: Brinkhoff/Mögenburg What,” Erich Fried once asked in a poem, “is the forest to us Germans?” – to give several answers:…
Schauspiel Leipzig – “Old building in a central location”: Ghosts of the future
An “old building in a central location,” as the title promises? Or just “fuck cells with district heating” that Heiner Müller warned about? Photo: Rolf Arnold At the end of…
Emil Szittya – The Outsider
wikimedia.com/CC BY-SA 4.0 Photo: wikimedia.org/CC BY-SA 4.0 It’s not often that the forgotten are dragged into the light of the present. And if it does happen, the person who disappeared…
The Good Column – Who can outshine the pyramids?
What do the sausage and the wall have in common? Two ends (pictured: one end of the wall in the village of Moedlareuth) Photo: IMAGO/Funke Photo Services “Everything has an…