Tag: Chantal Akerman

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  Transit (2018)

  May 2, 2023

  2010s, Arthouse Cinema, Drama, German Cinema, History, Melodrama, Noir, Political, Romance, War

  Transit (2018) is the third film I’ve watched of German director Christian Petzold and at this point, I have to say that I’m a fan. There is something very direct about Petzold’s filmmaking style, it is not too showy or over-the-top; there’s a degree of elegance, though for some it might also be close to… Read.

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  Portrait Of A Young Girl At The End Of The 60s In Brussels (1994)

  February 19, 2023

  1990s, Arthouse Cinema, Drama, Existential, Feminist, French Cinema, Short Films, Teen Movies, TV Movie

  Shot for French TV during the nineties, Portrait Of A Young Girl At The End Of The 60s In Brussels (1994) is directed and written by Chantal Akerman, and feels semi-autobiographical. As the title indicates, Akerman sets the story in 1968 but isn’t too concerned about fidelity to the era; you can see CDs in… Read.

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  Je Tu Il Elle (1974)

  May 2, 2022

  1970s, Arthouse Cinema, Belgian Cinema, Drama, Existential, Feminist, French Cinema, Queer Cinema, Road Movie, Slow Cinema

  One haunting image from the film, Je Tu Il Elle (1974; I You He She), is when Julie, the young woman played by the director, Chantal Akerman, has shifted furniture out of her ground floor apartment, and has moved her bed against the wall. Sitting against an alcove in the corner of the room, near… Read.

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  The Meetings Of Anna (1978)

  March 14, 2021

  1970s, Arthouse Cinema, Drama, Existential, Feminist, French Cinema, German Cinema, Slow Cinema

  My first Chantal Akerman. The illustrated poster, and the sound of the plot convinced me. The Meetings Of Anna (1978) or sounds better in the original French title, Les Rendez-vous d’Anna, follows a film director named Anna (Aurore Clément – who would later star in Paris, Texas), a possible alter-ego for director Akerman herself, as… Read.