My Tip of the Month

(27 April 2013) They are quiet refuges in the middle of the big city, often impress us with spectacular architecture and usually offer not only any number of books, but also a few surprises. So why do we rarely see libraries listed in travel guides? By Jens BoyerMore ...

(30 March 2013) In recent months, German film has brought forth a few disappointments. Dito Tsintsadze’s Invasion is definitely not one of them. The aggressive psychodrama is unsettling, but convincing. By Christian LüffeMore ...

(25 February 2013) Anyone who spends a lot of time online can get the impression that content is becoming ever shorter, information ever more fleeting. Yet the form of the long article still exists on the web. Sites such as reportagen.fm are dedicated to developing it. By Ingrid ArnoldMore ...

(28 January 2013) I arrived in Berlin after the fall of the wall and got to know not just the hopeful spirit of the nineties, but also the “golden” twenties. Even today, many look back yearningly at these presumably better days. Three novels are musts for this journey back in time. By Arne SchneiderMore ...

(24 November 2012) The Frankfurt Book Fair is over. No less than 68 writers presented the diversity of the literature scene of the guest country New Zealand there. What was left behind? Days that are getting colder and lots of good books to take us on a literary journey. Here are a few reading tips. By Christoph MücherMore ...

(25 October 2012) How can a British playwright, a German director and an Estonian stage designer find a mutual language for the stage? International theatre productions are a delicate matter. Still, the Münchner Kammerspiele are presently proving that it is worth a dare. By Martin BergMore ...

(25 September 2012) Yes, of course, the whole is greater than the sum of its parts, we know that, and teamwork is incredibly important. But how is it to work if the team players do not even know they are on a team? Like this! By Jörg SüßenbachMore ...

(25 August 2012) Among the works exhibited at this year’s Documenta, one is particularly striking: Omar Fast’s Continuity. In our new column My Tip of the Month, Leonhard Emmerling recommends the disquieting installation about a personal Afghanistan trauma. More ...