#Chantal Akerman
Chantal Akerman’s “Jeanne Dielman” Tops Sight and Sound’s Greatest Films of All Time List
Once a decade, Sight and Sound conducts a survey of international film critics to compile a list of the greatest films of all time. For the first time in the poll’s 70-year history, a...
BAMcinématek To Present Tribute to Chantal Akerman
BAMcinématek has announced it will present a tribute to filmmaker Chantal Akerman called Chantal Akerman: Images Between the Images. Akerman’s career began in the 1960s when she told intimate,...
12 of BFI’s Top 20 Films About Girls and Women
It’s been a good year for women at the movies, at least where the arthouse is concerned. That impression is bolstered by the British Film Institute’s list of the top 20 best films of 2015, as...
Chantal Akerman’s Final Film ‘No Home Movie’ to Be Released by Icarus
Chantal Akerman’s last film, “No Home Movie,” has found a North American distribution deal and a U.S. release date. Shot almost entirely in her mother’s apartment and focused on the...
NYFF 2015’s Main Slate Revealed; 3 of 26 Features Directed by Women
The New York Film Festival, now in its 53rd year, has released the final lineup for its main program. Twenty-six films will be screened, only three (or 12%) directed by women. The disappointment...
Locarno Film Festival Announces 2015 Lineup with Few Women Directors
The lineup for the 68th edition of the Locarno Film Festival has been unveiled, and the program is sorely lacking in female-helmed features. Only two of the 16 titles, or 13 percent, in the...
Further Breaking Down the Sight and Sound Numbers by Gender
One reader Miran Terzic did some serious work breaking down gender votes in the Sight and Sound Top 50 film poll. If the 197 (I had 196) voted three women would make the top 50, not just one. The...