Saturday, October 14, 2017

#FILMSTRUCK: THE LOST HONOR OF KATHARINA BLUM


Filmstruck is a wonderful streaming channel for film buffs, curating film by directors from around the world, like this one by Volker Schlondorff:

When Katharina Blum spends the night with an alleged terrorist, her quiet, ordered life falls into ruins. Suddenly a suspect, Katharina is subject to a vicious smear campaign by the police and a ruthless tabloid journalist, testing the limits of her dignity and her sanity. Volker Schlöndorff and Margarethe von Trotta's powerful adaptation of Heinrich Böll's novel is a stinging commentary on state power, individual freedom, and media manipulation—as relevant today as on the day of its release in 1975. (Criterion)