Jeremy Allen talks to the Einstürzende Neubauten mainstay about early forays into electronic and industrial as well as drunken country and western plus an album inspired by the joys of Blackpool. All photographs courtesy Alexander Hacke
Set in the grimy pre-unification Berlin of David Bowie, Lou Reed, Einsturzende Neubauten, Christiane F. is a stylish, low-budget tale of teen heroin addicts with a cult following – now at risk of being commodified into an idea rather than anything real, finds David Robb
Long before Parasite conquered the UK’s foreign-language box office and Cold War hit new heights for Polish cinema, Mój Nikifor sold just one ticket in September 2007. But it’s an under-appreciated gem, finds Adam Solomons