Chantal Akerman was a pioneering Belgian filmmaker whose work is considered a major influence on feminist and avant-garde ...

A collection of films by the acclaimed Belgian director Chantal Akerman (1950-2015) whose film tackled themes of feminism, identity, and homosexuality. A collection of films by the acclaimed Belgian ...

Chantal Akerman’s deliberate and rigorous movies require not just concentration, but also a willingness to meet this Belgian filmmaker on her own terms. They are not for everyone, which is why ...

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Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles, directed by Chantal Akerman, has topped the British Film Institute's Sight and Sound poll. It is the first time a work directed by a woman has ...

She’s a contemporary Chantal Akerman: forensic to the point of being aloof, every shot tightly composed, alert to the power that women have or don’t have over their bodies. But My Undesirable Friends, ...

A young mother, alone with her daughter, confides in a friend who happens to be the director herself. Chantal Akerman, although she sympathizes with the mother, does not say a word.

Drawing on a broad range of theoretical disciplines – and with case studies of directors such as Chantal Akerman, Agnès Varda, Claire Denis and Todd Haynes, Amos Gitai, Martin Ritt, John Ford, Ila ...