
Sight and Sound presents: Chantal Akerman
285 x 220 mm, 100 pages
London, UK
Published since 1932
Editor-in-chief: Mike Williams
Art director: Leo Field
This special issue is the third in Sight and Sound's occasional Auteurs series, which celebrates cinema's greatest filmmakers through a combination of new writing, plus features and reviews from the archives of the The Monthly Film Bulletin, the BFI's precursor to Sight and Sound.
A decade on from her passing, this issue is dedicated to Belgian director Chantal Ackerman, her films having experienced somewhat of a recent renaissance—the acclaimed Jeanne Dielman was voted as the ‘Greatest Film of all Time’ by S&S readers a few years ago.
Coinciding with a current retrospective at the BFI, the coverage inside spans her entire body of feminist work, dissected across various thematic chapters which stitch together previously unpublished interviews, behind-the-scenes photography, reviews from film festivals past, and new insights into her legacy. But first, (re)acquaint yourself with a helpful primer from Cristina Álvarez López and Adrian Martin.