Hollywood Flashback: Jane Campion’s ‘The Piano’ Scored Big at the Oscars

In 1975, Italian filmmaker Lina Wertmüller, who died Dec. 9 at age 93, was the first woman to be nominated for a directing Oscar. Eighteen years later, Jane Campion became the second, for her 1993 period drama The Piano. The film follows a mute Scottish woman (Holly Hunter) who is sold into marriage by her […]