Italian director Susanna Nicchiarelli’s Nico 1988, a biopic about Velvet Underground lead singer Christa Paffgen, better known as Nico, is set to open the Venice Film Festival’s Horizon section. The ...

“Please don’t confront me with my failures, I had not forgotten them,” sings German model-actress-musician Nico on 1967’s Jackson Browne-penned “These Days,” one of her signature post-Velvet ...

Trine Dyrholm as Christa Päffgen in "Nico, 1988." (Courtesy Magnolia Pictures) “I only did three songs with them,” sighs an exasperated Christa Päffgen during one of the many frustrating radio ...

Is it incendiary to say that, when comparing both of their post-Velvet Underground stints, I prefer Nico’s musical output much more than Lou Reed’s? Don’t harass me, music nerds—it’s just my opinion.

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In the mythology of alt-rock and punk pre-history, Christa Pfäffgen, a.k.a. Nico, is a foundational figurehead. She’s the femme fatale; the cool, amoral alto of “I’ll Be Your Mirror” and “All Tomorrow ...

The Queen and Freddie Mercury drama Bohemian Rhapsody may be the toast of this year’s awards season, and sure, Jamie Foxx won an Oscar for his portrayal of R&B great Ray Charles, but let’s be honest, ...

"I'll be your mirror," intoned Nico in 1966, singing one of the many tunes given her by a lover. In retrospect, the line neatly captures the model-actress-singer's '60s persona: a thin, icily ...

ROME – Italian director Susanna Nicchiarelli’s biopic “Nico, 1988,” about the late German chanteuse who was among Andy Warhol’s muses and sang with the Velvet Underground, has been set as the opening ...

Italian director Susanna Nicchiarelli’s Nico 1988, a biopic about Velvet Underground lead singer Christa Paffgen, better known as Nico, is set to open the Venice Film Festival’s Horizon section. The ...