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 ...

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 ...

A brain hemorrhage claimed German musician Christa “Nico” Päffgen 30 years ago this Wednesday, but American cinema-goers can celebrate her legacy later this summer. Magnolia Pictures has released the ...

Chris Knight: Nico was the stage name of Christa Päffgen, who gained fame and notoriety as part of Andy Warhol’s posse in the 1960s You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in ...

"I don't need everybody to like me, I don't care." Magnolia Pictures has debuted the trailer for a film titled Nico, 1988, a music biopic profiling the life of singer-songwriter Christa Päffgen, ...

It’s not easy negotiating life when the public prefers your stage persona over your true self. But it was particularly frustrating for Christa Päffgen. Right up until her untimely death 30 years ago ...

The woman you see in Susanna Nicchiarelli’s extraordinary Nico, 1988 is not the Nico you know — the icy Teutonic chanteuse who blessed Velvet Underground tunes like “All Tomorrow’s Parties” with her ...

When Andy Warhol said that everyone would have their own 15 minutes of fame, he may have been looking at Christa Paffgen, his muse, model and sometime Velvet Underground singer who went by the name ...