In the clip above, I discuss “The Captive,” Chantal Akerman’s adaptation of Proust’s “La Prisonnière.” I first saw the film at a screening in Paris in 2000, soon after its première at the Cannes ...

Helmer Chantal Akerman's interpretation of the Joseph Conrad novel is as eccentric as "La Captive," her take on Proust. “Liberally adapted,” per onscreen credits, from Joseph Conrad’s first, ...

The following information was inadvertently left out of Saturday’s story on a retrospective of the work of filmmaker Chantal Akerman. Where: UCLA Film and Television Archive, James Bridges Theater, ...

Inspired by Proust's short story La Prisonniere, renowned filmmaker Chantel Akerman creates this challenging meditation on love, desire, and obsession. The film opens with grainy Super-8 footage ...

Chantal Akerman, whose movies revolutionized both feminist and structuralist cinema, has died at the age of 65. Her death leaves a gap as incalculable as her impact on the history of cinema; that she ...

Belgian filmmaker and theorist Chantal Akerman has passed away at the age of 65. Falling in love with Godard and his crime drama “Pierrot Le Fou” at an early age, Akerman made her debut at age 18 with ...

Though already underway, the retrospective tribute series “Chantal Akerman: Contre l’Oubli / Against Oblivion” is just hitting its stride. Featuring more than 20 pictures at multiple venues across Los ...

The Belgian avant-garde filmmaker Chantal Akerman, whose patient, personal reflections on the lives of women made her a leading figure of arthouse cinema, has died. She was 65. Artemis Productions in ...

“Je fais la politique de la terre brûlée,” says Chantal Akerman. “I follow the policy of scorched earth.” In an interview at the Dia Gallery’s Soho apartments to promote the DVD collection Chantal ...

A director, cinematographer, writer, editor and sometime actress, Belgian-born filmmaker Chantal Akerman has died. The death was confirmed by French film industry organization ARP. Le Monde has ...