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’ writer-director Susanna Nicchiarelli shrewdly dramatizes the last year of the life and work of the influential singer, played by the excellent Trine Dyrholm.

Nico died in 1988 while on vacation with Ari on the Mediterranean island of Ibiza. Nicchiarelli’s screenplay draws on interviews with Ari and with Alan Wise, Nico’s then-manager.

Most of Nico, 1988 takes place two years before its subject’s death, in 1986, when a now raven-haired Nico (played with an inquisitive weariness by the excellent Dyrholm) tours Europe with a ...

Andy Warhol famously cracked that his former muse “became a fat junkie and disappeared.” “Nico, 1988” gives her one last turn in the spotlight. Film/TV Film Critic ...

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.

In “Nico, 1988,” Italian director Susanna Nicchiarelli had the shrewd idea of dramatizing the last year of the life and work of the singer, who preferred to go by her given name of Christa.

“Nico, 1988” won Best Film in Horizon section at this year’s Venice Film Festival. Magnolia is planning for a 2018 theatrical release. Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement ...

Nico, 1988 will pick up in 1987, with Nico strung out on heroin during a solo European tour accompanied by her son Ari (she always claimed Ari was the son of French actor Alain Delon, though Delon ...

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 shows us the star pouring all her pain and exuberance into music that she doesn’t care whether you take or leave.