The Light Factory will take Charlotte film fans to the cutting edge of international cinema with their latest ambitious series, Wunderkinder: The Directors of New German Cinema. Running Oct. 25-31, the event will showcase acclaimed imports from such envelope-pushing directors as Rainer Werner Fassbinder and Wim Wenders. Yet the festival’s big news is the presence of German helmer Volker Schlondorff, who will be in attendance at all five screenings of his films, including the new director’s cut of 1979’s Oscar-winning The Tin Drum. Look below for photos, titles, times, venues and costs for all of the movies. And for other info, go to The Light Factory website here.
Monday, Oct. 25, at 7:30 p.m., Actor’s Theatre: The Last Revenge (Rainer Kirberg; 1982) — Free
Tuesday, Oct. 26, at 7:30 p.m., McColl Center for Visual Art: Wings of Desire (Wim Wenders; 1987) — $10
Wednesday, Oct. 27, at 7:30 p.m., Knight Gallery in Spirit Square: Nosferatu the Vampyre (Werner Herzog; 1979) — $10
Thursday, Oct. 28, at 7:30 p.m., Tate Hall, CPCC: The Marriage of Maria Braun (Rainer Werner Fassbinder; 1978) — $10
Friday, Oct. 29, at 8 p.m., Tate Hall, CPCC: The Handmaid’s Tale (Volker Schlondorff, 1990) — $15 (includes Schlondorff attendance)
Saturday, Oct. 30, at noon, Wells Fargo Auditorium (part of the Wells Fargo Cultural Campus): Young Torless (Volker Schlondorff, 1966) — $15 (includes Schlondorff attendance)
Saturday, Oct. 30, at 2 p.m., Wells Fargo Auditorium (part of the Wells Fargo Cultural Campus): The Tin Drum (Volker Schlondorff, 1979) — $25 (includes Schlondorff lecture)
Sunday, Oct. 31, at 2 p.m., McKnight Hall, UNC-Charlotte: The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum (Volker Schlondorff & Margarethe Von Trotta, 1975) — $15 (includes Schlondorff attendance)
Sunday, Oct. 31, at 4 p.m., McKnight Hall, UNC-Charlotte: The Legend of Rita (Volker Schlondorff, 2000) — $15 (includes Schlondorff attendance)
This article appears in Oct 19-25, 2010.
