Chantal Akerman

...early champion of Werner Herzog, and an exponent of such experimental directors as Michael Snow, George Kuchar, Andy Warhol, and Chantal Akerman. " The reviews themselves, as well as the critical essays, require a certain level of film...

In this article: Manny Farber, Robert Polito, Hollywood, Irrationality, George Kuchar, New Republic, Jim Thompson, Disney, Werner Herzog, and Rainer Werner Fassbinder

...raunchy-efforts, with a decidedly female perspective on male prerogatives. Also: Newly out on DVD from Icarus Films, Chantal Akerman's 1993 From the East is, in a way, a movie with some of the fascination of early Guy Blache-not just...

In this article: D.W. Griffith, Alice Guy Blache, Gaumont, DVD, Louis Feuillade, and U.S.

...a few minutes later by Gabrielle as Lionel dances with the cafe owner. I haven't seen silent jealousy so indelibly portrayed since Chantal Akerman's 1994 "Portrait of a Young Girl at the End of the 1960s in Brussels," when the teenage...

In this article: Claire Denis, Gabrielle, Rum, Gregoire Colin, and Paris

"A sinister cabal of superior writers." Author: Dusty Somers - Published: Oct 20, 2009 at 6:02 pm 0 comments Belgian director Chantal Akerman's unique cinematic voice has been seen in both fiction film and documentary alike, but there's...

In this article: DVD, Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles, University of Oklahoma, Jonas Mekas, Eastern Europe, Seattle, and United States

The Belgian director Chantal Akerman's 1975 melodrama, "Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles" (Criterion), which runs more than three hours, is still shockingly original in its style, politics, and tone. But, now that its...

In this article: Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles, DVD, Potato, E mail, Refraction, The New Yorker, and Pina Bausch

...true payoff for spending three hours watching Jeanne Dielman live her crushingly routine life. A singular work in film history, Chantal Akerman's Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles brillantly evokes, with meticulous...

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...sex. That last business is treated as dryly and straightforwardly as the rest of Jeanne's routine. Directed by then 25-year-old Chantal Akerman, the movie consists of exasperatingly long takes in which we watch Jeanne do the dishes, brew...

In this article: David Mamet, DVD, Homicide, Blu-ray, What Happens in Vegas, Repulsion, Doomsday, The Criterion Collection, and I Love You, Man

...bear the label remain slaves to old-fashioned narrative tropes, as connected to reality as truth is to "truthiness. " Chantal Akerman's radical 1975 masterpiece Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai Du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles turns the term "realism" on...

In this article: Jeanne Dielman, Bruxelles, Potato, Delphine Seyrig, DVD, Last Year at Marienbad, and Canada

In Chantal Akerman's hands, it's no chore watching housework. Delphine Seyrig stars as the title character in the film "Jeanne Dielman." (Criterion Collection) Chantal Akerman's 1975 masterpiece "Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce 1080...

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Anya Gallaccio & Chantal Akerman, Camden Arts Centre, London Back to the roots of life and death Life, decay and death are the elemental subjects of Anya Gallaccio's work. Her sculptures and installations, like traditional vanitas...

In this article: Camden Arts Centre, London, Vertigo, Pierrot le fou, Jean-Luc Godard, Belgium, and Antwerp