“Europe’s Meryl Streep” was called Isabelle Huppert. Comparing the French (69) to the American triple Oscar winner (73) seems like a compliment. But it is not. If you had to look for a female figurehead for European cinema, Huppert, with a career spanning more than 50 years, would be the first choice. It stands on its own and needs no comparison. It doesn’t need a blockbuster The Americanization of “international” films hasn’t just affected the
