Almost four years after her death, My Mother Laughs, the last book by the pioneering director, has been translated into English.
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Hunger and Thirst: Chantal Akerman’s ‘Je tu il elle’
Chantal Akerman’s death by suicide in October 2015, led me to revisit many of her films and to watch new ones, among them Je tu il elle of 1975.
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Watch Chantal Akerman’s Films for Free on Hulu
For 12 days, the Criterion Collection has made its entire catalogue of Akerman’s work available for viewing on Hulu for free.
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One Day Pina Asked… and Chantal Akerman Listened
Beginning life as an installment in a European television series on modern dance, One Day Pina Asked… (1983) is the best cinematic reflection on the late, great modern dance choreographer Pina Bausch.
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“Not Knowing Where You’re Going”: How Claire Atherton Edits Movies
The veteran film editor speaks to Hyperallergic about her love of organization and her collaborations with Chantal Akerman.
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Female Filmmakers Intimately Tell Women’s Stories
A new series at Metrograph features documentaries made by women directors — from Chantal Akerman and Peggy Ahwesh to Yvonne Rainer and Claire Simon — about women’s lives.
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Home Alone, With a Few Pills: Franz Xaver Kroetz’s ‘Request Concert’
With its task-based script, Request Concert may remind some of Chantal Akerman’s 1975 film Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai Du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles, tightly shot inside a small apartment. The pairing of everyday housework with suicide might also call to mind Marsha Norman’s 1983 play ‘Night Mother.
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Revealing the Prickly Side of Imperial “Soft Power”
A collaboration between Carriage Trade and Rectangle, Hearts and Minds analyzes the deceptive repackaging of Western imperialism.
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Your Concise New York Art Guide for May 2021
Your list of must-see, fun, insightful, and very New York art events this month.
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Sarah Friedland Conjures the Distant Memory of Togetherness
Friedland’s films conjure a sense of heightened, almost spiritual attunement to a body’s movements.
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The Limitations and Breakthroughs of Teaching Filmmaking Over Zoom
Robert Greene reflects on a year of remote documentary classes.
