Italian director Susanna Nicchiarelli, whose trilogy of female biopics, “Nico, 1988,” “Miss Marx,” and “Chiara” all launched from the Venice Film Festival, is set to direct the TV ...

Italian director Susanna Nicchiarelli, whose trilogy of female biopics, “Nico, 1988,” “Miss Marx,” and “Chiara” all launched from the Venice Film Festival, is set to direct the TV series “Fireworks” ...

Nico died in 1988, aged just 49. The Nico Project ultimately feels like a failed séance, a thwarted attempt to channel her troubled spirit from the afterlife.

Nico, 1988 plays like the impressionistic indie feature you might expect it to be, given its esoteric subject matter, but its multi-faceted and realistic portrayal of the singer holds your attention.

Nico, 1988 is a road-movie dedicated to the last years of Christa Paffgen, known by her stage name Nico. Photo by FILMS WE LIKE ... “I really don’t care about music any more. I’ve been on ...

This article was published more than 6 years ago. Some information may no longer be current. Trine Dyrholm plays the titular role in Nico, 1988.

It’s a defiant stance made clear at the onset of “Nico, 1988,” an offbeat, behind-the-music biopic chronicling the final two years of Päffgen’s troubled relationships with fame, drugs ...

It’s a defiant stance made clear at the onset of “Nico, 1988,” an offbeat, behind-the-music biopic chronicling the final two years of Päffgen’s troubled relationships with fame, drugs ...

Nico, 1988 includes a few clips of low-def archival film from the ’60s, glimpses of the young woman’s glamorous persona and famous associates. Aside from those inserts, Nicchiarelli focuses tightly on ...

Nico, 1988 depicts the last two years of Nico’s life, including the European tour during which she is understandably trying to shed the skin of her ’60s life. Nico—now a dark brunette who ...

In “Nico, 1988,” it is two decades after that. She is nearing 50, her exotic looks are gone, drugs are taking their toll, and her career has been reduced to playing bars and other small venues.