We celebrate Mother's Day with an episode on the queen of on-screen mothers, Chantal Akerman, and her films Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles and Les Rendez-vous d'Anna.

On this episode:

• Chantal Akerman's legacy (4:20)
• Jeanne Dielman (17:52)
• What to make of Jeanne Dielman's ending (34:31)
• Les Rendez-vous d'Anna (41:03)
• Mothers in the two films (55:25)
• Jewish identity in Akerman's films (1:00:52)
• Akerman's aesthetic (1:09:24)
• Conclusion (1:13:36)

This episode features Editor-in-Chief Alex Heeney, Executive Editor Orla Smith, Associate Editor Brett Pardy, and Contributing Editor Lindsay Pugh.

Episode Notes:

 

• Read Alex's review of Chantal Akerman's 2015 film, No Home Movie
• Preview or purchase our ebook Tour of memories: The creative process behind Joanna Hogg's The Souvenir
• Preview or purchase our ebook Road to nowhere: Kelly Reichardt's broken American dreams.
• Preview or purchase our ebook Peterloo in process: A Mike Leigh collaboration
• Listen to our episode featuring Promising Young Woman (content warning: discussion of sexual violence)
• Listen to our episode featuring Spinster
• Read our newest feature, our editors picks for the fifty most exciting emerging actors working today

 

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