The American Soldier (RW Fassbinder: The Gangster Films)
(1970) [R]

Three of RW Fassbinder's early works united together in a single release. Each reworking the gangster noir genre, a la the French New Wave, these three Fassbinder films are some of the most interesting and intriguing of the New German Cinema movement. The loose trilogy of Love is Colder Than...  More

The Merchant of Four Seasons
(1972) [MA]

Hans is a born loser. After returning from a year in the Foreign Legion, his aspirations of becoming an engineer cave in to his reality as a humble street fruit peddler, a career choice which upsets both his domineering wife and his middle-class family. Due to his family's lack of respect and...  More

Katzelmacher (Fassbinder on Society)
(1969) [R]

Jorgos, an emigrant worker from Greece, joins a group of young people usually hanging around. This foreigner incites hostility and jealousy among them, and he is insulted as a "Communist" and "Greek dog". After having been attacked, Jorgos talks to Maria of his wish to return home.  More