From the East (1993)
From the East (1993) A look at life in Eastern Europe after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)
Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975) Jeanne Dielman, a lonely young widow, lives with her son Sylvain following an immutable order: while the boy is in school, she cares for their apartment, does chores, and receives clients in the afternoon.
Je Tu Il Elle (1974)
Je Tu Il Elle 1974 For more than a month, eating only powered sugar, a woman tries to deal with a breakup she paints her room twice, removes the furniture, writes and rewrites a letter to her lover, clarifying all she had said She spreads the pages on the floor She lies down and waits Finally, her s
The Meetings of Anna (1978)
The Meetings of Anna 1978 Anna, a detached and diffident director, arrives in Germany to show her latest film she checks into a hotel, invites a stranger to her bed, and abruptly tells him to leave He asks her to a birthday lunch with his mother and daughter she goes Afterward, in Cologne, she meets
No Home Movie (2015)
No Home Movie (2015) Chantal Akerman films her mother, an old woman of Polish origin who is short lifetime, in her apartment in Brussels. For two hours, we will see them eating, chatting and sharing memories, sometimes accompanied by Sylvaine, Chantal's sister. Also, and to show how small the world
What Is Cinema? (2013)
What Is Cinema? (2013) Amidst a constant stream of hundreds of film clips, dozens of filmmakers voice their opinions on the titular question while primarily looking beyond the Hollywood mainstream to independent, experimental, documentary and avant-garde films.
A Couch in New York (1996)
A Couch in New York (1996) Dr. Henry Harriston is a successful psychoanalyst in New York City. When he is near a nervous breakdown, he arranges to change his flat with Beatrice Saulnier from France for a while. Both don't know each other and both find themselves deeply involved into the social setti
Delphine and Carole (2019)
Delphine and Carole (2019) In the 70s and 80s, activist Carole Roussopoulos and actress Delphine Seyrig made use of new video technologies to fight for the women's movement. Archive material documents their interventions into the events of the time.
Golden Eighties (1986)
Golden Eighties (1986) Three young women at a hair salon all like the son of the clothing store proprietors across the mall. Although Robby is selfish and shallow, he's appealing to Lili, the salon's manager, who's trendy and also the salon-owner's moll; to Mado, who's innocent and sweet; and to Pas
Toute une nuit (1982)
Toute une nuit 1982 Following over two dozen different people in the almost wordless atmosphere of a dark night in a Brussels town, Akerman examines acceptance and rejection in the realm of romance
A Couch in New York (1996)
A Couch in New York 1996 Dr Henry Harriston is a successful psychoanalyst in New York City When he is near a nervous breakdown, he arranges to change his flat with Beatrice Saulnier from France for a while Both dont know each other and both find themselves deeply involved into the social settings of
La chambre (1972)
La chambre 1972 In a 360 circular panoramic shot the camera slowly pans an entire apartment or house When it first passes the bedroom there is nobody there but each time it shows the room again Chantal Akerman is sitting on the bed, motionless first, then busy doing something peeling an orange, eati
Hotel Monterey (1973)
Hotel Monterey 1973 New York Citys Monterey is a residence hotel the residents we see are older, most live alone The camera, usually stationery, begins with a look into the lobby The film ends with a panorama from the hotels rooftop Theres no soundtrack The lobby is clean with granite floors Men wea
News from Home (1976)
News from Home 1976 Chantal Akerman, the Belgian filmmaker, lives in New York Filmed images of the City are accompanied by the texts of Chantal Akermans loving but manipulative mother back home in Brussels The City comes more and more to the front while the words of the mother, read by Akerman herse