Christa Wolf is one of the most prominent postwar German writers. Her works were read and discussed widely in both Germanies prior to reunification in 1990. The intense interest in her works continues unabated as her reputation spreads beyond the German-...

Christa Wolf is one of the most prominent postwar German writers. Her works are read and discussed widely in both Germanies, and her reputation is spreading rapidly beyond the German-speaking countries. In addition to her fiction, Wolf has done significa...

AFTER THE WEDDINGRunning time 120 minutesDirected by Suzanne BierWritten by Suzanne Bier and Anders Thomas JensenStarring Mads Mikkelsen, Rolf Lassgård, Christian Tafdrup, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Stine Fischer Christensen Susanne Bier’s After the Wedding, from a screenplay by Anders Thomas Jensen, based on a story by...

[Ed. note: This article was originally published on July 25th, 2007.] Sex in the Hamptons is a lot like sex in Manhattan—except it’s not. Odd couplings and brief flings, which in the city might raise an eyebrow, are somehow forgiven out on the East End....

Florian Henkel von Donnersmarck’s The Lives of Others, from his own screenplay, has been chosen as Germany’s entry for this year’s Foreign-Language Film Academy Award. It is one of the most amazing films I have ever seen on the subject of the state’s control over...