Film History: 125 Years from Babelsberg to Streaming

The reference chronicle of 125 years of cinema, decade by decade, told through its technology, its money, and its art; from Babelsberg’s founding to the streaming era.

Filmgeschichte: 125 Jahre von Babelsberg bis Streaming

Die Referenzchronik zu 125 Jahren Kino, Jahrzehnt für Jahrzehnt, erzählt über Technik, Geld und Kunst; von Babelsbergs Gründung bis zur Streaming-Ära.

Why I write like an ET

Land here with no nationality, no party, no church and no team, and the planet looks strange in useful ways: a species that mapped its own genome but cannot stop half its members hurting the other half at home. An extraterrestrial would not get angry about that. He would log notes. That is the method behind this site, and the reason opinion stays in one marked container while the files stay open.

What Happens When a Country Expels Its Storytellers?

Hollywood’s golden age has a Berlin accent. A field study in talent migration and manufactured amnesia.