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Tag: Chantal Akerman

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Women Make Film: Jacqueline Audry and Chantal Akerman

September 7, 2020September 7, 2020 Michael J. Casey

On Sept. 1, TCM launched a 14-week series, Women Make Film: A road trip through 100 films across 44 countries and 12 decades of cinema. One of the delights of TCM’s line-up is how certain movies bump up against each … Continue reading Women Make Film: Jacqueline Audry and Chantal Akerman

Boulder Weekly, Reviews

NO HOME MOVIE

July 2, 2020September 5, 2020 Michael J. Casey

Few filmmakers are as overlooked as Chantal Akerman. Her Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles is the cinema’s Ulysses—everyone knows about it, knows it to be a great work of art, claims to have seen it, but hasn’t. … Continue reading NO HOME MOVIE

In Their Words

Born On This Day – June 6, 1950

June 6, 2014May 31, 2014 Michael J. Casey

“In movies, what’s supposed to be an effective image, an important image, are crimes, car chases, etc. Not a woman, shown from the back, doing dishes. But that that is on the same level as the murder, in fact, I think its much more dramatic.” –Chantal Akerman Continue reading Born On This Day – June 6, 1950

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