Margarethe von Trotta @ 70
David HudsonShe’s been called “narrative cinema’s foremost feminist filmmaker,” but of course, she’s also simply a great director.
She’s been called “narrative cinema’s foremost feminist filmmaker,” but of course, she’s also simply a great director.
"Political turmoil. Terrorism. Economic shifts. Suspicion between citizens and state — and, following in the footsteps of Fassbinder, the emergence of a new independent film culture. The themes of
"The fifth collaboration of director Margarethe Von Trotta and actress Barbara Sukowa, Vision continues the proto-feminist canonization of Blessed Hildegard von Bingen (Sukowa), 12th-century Benedictine
Has there been a late master propensity to Nun Cinema of late?—or at the very least, a cinema of cloisters, with Rohmer, Rivette, Bellochio and now Margarethe von Trotta turning to the literal¬ confines