A night at the movies

It felt like being kicked out of bed.

“Who, me? A sexual terrorist?”

One way—a limited way, but a way—to evaluate art is to test whether it improves or worsens when viewed in a state of intoxication. If success requires chemical intervention (eg psychedelic art) it is generally a bad sign. But Rainer Werner Fassbinder seems like the kind of director whose films might be worth watching, if on…