berlin GERMANY

criterion has released their beautiful reissue of wim WENDER’S wings of desire. The moody, existential film tells the of angels watching over the city of berlin at the end of the cold war. They listen in and record the thoughts of the city’s inhabitants. One angel falls for a beautiful trapeze artist and decides to fall to earth to join her and experience life. The film is gorgeously shot in black and white by henri alekan and features performances by nick cave & the bad seeds as well as a peter falk starring as himself.