Chantal Akerman was one of the most influential directors in film history. She would hate such an accolade, but it’s warranted nonetheless. She often made movies — as well as art installations, ...

These women’s voices are sympathetic, and naturally turn the book as a whole into a kind of conversation. The book, which loosely records the decline of Ackerman’s mother, reads like a diary or ...

Planning a movie night with 'Chantal Akerman by Chantal Akerman' right from your couch? Here’s where you can watch it, including platforms and services with rental, purchase, and subscription options, ...

It sounds like a question, but it’s not. Even if the punctuation mark were different, no answer would come into focus. It’s not quite a statement, either. The narrator, a woman in her sixties, states ...

For certain film buffs, Chantal Akerman is famous as the director of one of the screen’s most legendary endurance tests. Akerman’s masterpiece, “Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles” ...

Renowned filmmaker and video artist Chantal Akerman gets her first solo exhibition in a U.S. museum with Chantal Akerman: Moving Through Time and Space. The multi-media installations making up the ...

No Home Movie, the final work from the great Belgian director Chantal Akerman, depicts her mother’s last months on earth. There’s no melodrama, because that wasn’t Akerman’s way, but rather a ...

Canonized two years ago as the greatest film of all time, topping Sight and Sound’s once-every-decade poll, Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles now celebrates its ...

Director Chantal Akerman died three years ago today, and I wrote the following remembrance in the Filmmaker newsletter just a few days later but never posted it online. I wrote it from the Venice ...

It happened a little over a week ago, but we’re still recovering from the blow that was dealt us upon learning of the death of Chantal Akerman — a quiet revolutionary, a feminist who seemed at points ...

"A mesmerizing piece of rhythmical film-making." BFI in the UK has unveiled a brand new trailer for the 50th anniversary re-release of a Belgian cinema classic - Chantal Akerman's Jeanne Dielman. The ...

Benedict is a college graduate with a degree in Film and Screen Media and a future unemployed Letterboxd user. He got into movies through a childhood love of blockbusters and comic book movies, and ...