Yes, this woman really did make the greatest film of all time. Next question?
Chantal Akerman's 'Jeanne Dielman' was recently enshrined by the BFI 'Sight and Sound' poll. Rightly so.
Chantal Akerman's 'Jeanne Dielman' was recently enshrined by the BFI 'Sight and Sound' poll. Rightly so.
Editorâs note: Filmmaker Chantal Akerman passed away on this date in 2015. To commemorate her life and work, we are revisiting this essay by Arun Chaudhary that speaks to Akermanâs wide-ranging impact. When I met Chantal Akerman, the famed film director whose alleged suicide was reported on October 6, I told her I was goingâŠ
Do you bring your own thermos to work, or do you borrow coffee mugs from the kitchen? I â ahem â have just purchased a new thermos, and let me tell you: There is no greater thrill than wandering your office with your head held high, knowing youâre better than the plebeians who lack theâŠ
In the opening shots of Chantal Akermanâs 1980 film âDis Moiâ (or âTell Meâ), the director shows herself unhurriedly traversing the streets of Paris. Set against these disarmingly low-key images, we hear a conversation between the director and her mother, Natalia, or Nelly, who lost her own mother â Chantalâs grandmother â in the HolocaustâŠ.
Sometime over last weekend, Chantal Akerman, the Belgian-French-Jewish filmmaker, committed suicide. Her body was found Monday. Her latest film, âNo Home Movie,â a veritĂ© account of her motherâs decline and death, received its local premiere at the New York Film Festival this week in the immediate aftermath of Chantalâs own death. At the end ofâŠ
When I met Chantal Akerman, the famed film director whose alleged suicide was reported on October 6, I told her I was going to steal her shit. I didnât blurt it out exactly like that, but having just seen her film âDâestâ projected on a big beautiful screen at Cornell Cinema in 1995, I wasâŠ
Belgian filmmaker Chantal Akerman, a daughter of Holocaust survivors known for her experimental films that closely examined womenâs lives, has died in Paris. She was 65. French media reported that Akerman committed suicide. The date and cause are not yet known, according to the New York Times. Her parents were Polish Holocaust survivors, and herâŠ
For certain film buffs, Chantal Akerman is famous as the director of one of the screenâs most legendary endurance tests. Akermanâs masterpiece, âJeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxellesâ (1975), as the precise title might indicate, is a remarkably focused three-and-a-half-hour study of the mundane routine of a Brussels housewife â the ultimate realistâŠ