Hannah Arendt (Blu-ray)

The sublime Barbara Sukowa reteams with Margarethe von Trotta (Vision, Rosa Luxemburg) for her brilliant biopic of influential German-Jewish philosopher and political theorist Hannah Arendt. Arendt's reporting on the 1961 trial of ex-Nazi Adolf Eichmann in the New Yorker-controversial for her portrayal of Eichmann and the Jewish councils-introduced her now-famous concept of the "banality of evil." Using archival footage of the trial and weaving a narrative that spans three continents, von Trotta beautifully turns the often-invisible passion for thought into immersive, dramatic cinema. Hannah Arendt co-stars Klaus Pohl as philosopher Martin Heidegger, Nicolas Woodeson as New Yorker editor William Shawn, and two-time Oscar Nominee Janet McTeer (Albert Nobbs) as novelist Mary McCarthy.

Starring: Nicholas Woodeson, Barbara Sukowa, Axel Milberg, Janet McTeer, Julia Jentsch, Friederike Becht, Harvey Friedman, Megan Gay, Sascha Ley, Tom Leick, Ulrich Noethen, Michael Degen, Victoria Trauttmansdorff, Klaus Pohl

Director: Bettina Brokemper, Johannes Rexin