The top 100 films… and what they say about our changing society
Offbeat British directors defying realist expectations fare well in poll, but Hitchcock dominates
Chantal Akerman first woman to top Sight and Sound’s greatest all-time films poll
Film-maker’s 1976 feature Jeanne Dielman pushes Vertigo into second place and Citizen Kane into third
Brilliant and radical, Chantal Akerman deserves to top Sight and Sound’s greatest films poll
Peter Bradshaw
It’s high time a woman won Sight and Sound’s all-time vote, and Jeanne Dielman’s ascension to the No 1 spot is exhilarating
September 2020
Guy Lodge's streaming and DVDs
Streaming: the Barbican's first-person documentary season
Film-makers get personal in the Barbican Cinema on Demand’s first fully themed season
April 2020
Need zing in your Zoom? Let Warhol and the avant-garde vamp up your video conferences
It’s hard to make much of a mark in the strange, static world of video-conferencing. But we could all learn a trick or two from famous arthouse film-makers, from Jim Jarmusch to Andy Warhol
November 2019
My Mother Laughs by Chantal Akerman review – the film-maker’s family struggle
The Belgian director recalls her fraught relationship with her mother, a survivor of the Holocaust
February 2019
Observer European film
Europe in 25 films: the critics’ choice
The must-see movies that have defined a century of European cinema, as chosen by the Observer’s film writers
October 2016
On my radar
On my radar: Andrew Savage’s cultural highlights
The Parquet Courts singer and guitarist on Eva Hesse’s diaries, the films of Chantal Akerman and the glories of Tex-Mex cuisine
December 2015
Best culture 2015
Adrian Searle's 10 best art shows of 2015
Goya delighted and Ai Weiwei delivered. But 2015 belonged to the Whitney and its glorious look back at American art, says our art critic
November 2015
Chantal Akerman: NOW review – flickering between life and death
Adrian Searle encounters
The last picture show: how Chantal Akerman's suicide alters her final artwork
October 2015
Art Weekly newsletter
Ai Weiwei v Lego – the week in art
Chantal Akerman obituary
Chantal Akerman: extraordinary artist of the everyday who we will miss for ever
Film blog
Chantal Akerman: celebrating the exquisite cinematic moments of a tremendous talent
Film blog
Chantal Akerman: a director with a rare creative vision
Chantal Akerman, pioneering Belgian film director and theorist, dies aged 65
July 2008
Smoke and mirror-images
Chantal Akerman's atmospheric films are wreathed in cigarette smoke, hazy with ambiguity, humming with suspense. They leave Adrian Searle gasping for breath
April 2001
Chantal Akerman's 'Proust movie': what, no madeleines?
A Proust movie without wit, social comedy or fancy costumes? What is director Chantal Akerman playing at, asks Stuart Jeffries.
