Hailed as RW Fassbinder’s masterpiece, the 15-hour-plus Berlin Alexanderplatz is an intense and unsettling chronicle of morally ambiguous characters caught in the murky world of 1920s Berlin.
Feature by Stephen Thomson

In an effort to be seasonal we take a look at ten different approaches to gluttony from the stuffing-centric Taxidermia to Oldboy’s infamous live-octopus-devouring scene via the heroic overeating of Cool Hand Luke before finishing with Luis Buñuel’s inverted view of eating and defecating in The Phantom of Liberty.

It’s been thirty years since the leaders of the Baader-Meinhof group Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin and Jan-Carl Raspe died in prison, and the ICA is marking the event by presenting a season of films that focuses on the role women have played in the revolutionary movement. We talked to Pamela Jahn, curator of the season, to find out more.
Interview by Virginie Sélavy

For the fifth year running, the Halloween organisation brings a refreshingly offbeat selection of shorts programmes to the capital.
Feature by Lisa Williams and Virginie Sélavy

The Electric Sheep team look back at the heroes and villains of 2007.

Thought-provoking, decidedly un-PC and formally inventive, Anders Morgenthaler’s first feature Princess mixes animation with some live action to tell the story of a young woman, Christina, who becomes a porn star under the name ‘Princess’. When she dies, her intense, guilt-racked priest brother August takes in her five-year-old daughter Mia and sets out to destroy all material starring his sister, which leads to a violent confrontation with unscrupulous porn barons. The Danish director discusses some of the most controversial aspects of the film and explains why he used animation to comment on sex and violence.
Interview by Virginie Sélavy

Citing Suspiria and Rosemary’s Baby among their influences and with one single, Foreo, based on Alfred Hitchcock’s Marnie, The Violets were obvious candidates for our Film Jukebox. Read about singer Alexis Mary’s top films.

This year I’ll be exploiting the cold weather in other ways. A few months ago, I cut out the Joy Division fashion page, one of the highlights of The Guardian’s ten-week campaign to squeeze every drop of copy out of the appearance of Control. I’m now hoping that some frosty breathing will help make my epaulettes and skinny tie a bit more, er, atmospheric.
Column by CJ Magnet