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Chantal Akerman's win shows a generational shift is taking place among critics and filmmakers

  • Written by: Ben McCann, Associate Professor of French Studies, University of Adelaide
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Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles – Chantal Akerman’s 1975 hypnotic study of a mother performing domestic chores in microscopic detail – has just been crowned the “greatest film of all time” in Sight and Sound’s prestigious poll.

It is only the fourth film to have topped the list since...

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