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Making Sense of Life Without Her: On Chantal Akerman

by Esmé Holden

A reflec­tion on try­ing to make sense of the sense­less, through the work of a Bel­gian master.
Two people, a man and a woman, standing in a city skyline at night, with a dog between them.

How A Couch in New York deconstructs the romantic comedy

by Gabriela Almeida

Chan­tal Akerman’s 1996 film, star­ring Juli­ette Binoche and William Hurt, ful­ly embraces genre, hap­py end­ing and all.
Two individuals with long, reddish-brown hair standing against a concrete wall.

After the Wave: Exploring French cinema in the 1970s

by Adam Scovell

The decade fol­low­ing the Nou­velle Vague saw the emer­gence of pro­gres­sive film­mak­ers like Chan­tal Aker­man and Mau­rice Pialat.
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Festivals

The best short films at the 2018 BFI London Film Festival

by Michael Ewins

Our pick of this year’s shorts pro­gramme, fea­tur­ing rogue chick­ens and a shoegaze ode to Chan­tal Akerman.
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Review

No Home Movie

by Phil Concannon

Chan­tal Akerman’s inti­mate swan­song is a mov­ing med­i­ta­tion on fam­i­ly, loss and memory.

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In Retrospect