Klaus Kinski

Mad, bad and brilliant: Jesus Christ Kinski by Benjamin Myers, reviewed

18 October 2025 9:00 am

The celebrated postwar film actor Klaus Kinski returned to the stage in 1971 to perform a monologue, footage of which has long fascinated the author of this experimental and distinguished novel

The mystery of Werner Herzog

21 October 2023 9:00 am

The film director treats us to a dervish dance of anecdotes but still keeps his real life secret, says Peter Bradshaw

The great pretender

4 July 2020 9:00 am

In the past Werner Herzog has given us a man pushing a ship up a mountain, a 16th-century conquistador going…