Curious about the new 1 movie in history?
Although long celebrated by critics along with scholars and academics as a landmark feminist and avant-garde cinema, it’s easily the most obscure movie to top the Sight & Sound listwas made in 1975 by Belgian filmmaker Chantal Akerman.
The film unfolds in a series of long takes — very long, the film clocks in at three hours and 20 minutes — and follows the title character as she goes about her daily routine of cooking and cleaning and, yes, prostitution.Famed film theorist Laura Mulvey had this to say
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
‘Jeanne Dielman’ Named Greatest Film of All Time in Critics PollFilm critics have picked the best movie ever made — and arrived at a surprising choice.
Read more »
Chantal Akerman’s ‘Jeanne Dielman’ Becomes First Female-Directed Film to Top BFI-Backed Critics’ Poll of Greatest Films of All Time'Vertigo' was pushed into second place in Sight & Sound magazine's once-in-a-decade poll, while the highest of just four films made since the last poll in 2012 that broke into the top 100 was Celine Sciamma's 'Portrait of a Lady on Fire.'
Read more »
Move Over, Vertigo: There’s a New Greatest Movie of All TimeChantal Akerman’s 1975 drama Jeanne Dielman nabbed the top spot on the once-a-decade Sight and Sound film poll—a first for a female filmmaker.
Read more »
Democrat Sen. Jeanne Shaheen shuts down Cruz questions on Biden family corruption allegationsDemocratic Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairwoman Jeanne Shaheen shut down Texas Sen. Ted Cruz's questions about President Biden's role in the 2016 firing of a Ukrainian prosecutor.
Read more »
Critics pick 7 best things to do this weekend: Blind Boys of Alabama, ‘Gangs of London’Other events our critics are recommending this week including Emerson String Quartet and Art on the Avenue
Read more »
McCarthy meets with critics in fresh effort to secure speaker votesSeveral right-wing Republicans are still publicly vowing to deny McCarthy crucial votes.
Read more »