Tag: french film

Down, Out, & Paradise: Chantal Akerman’s Tricky Triptych Je Tu Il Elle

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|Chris Polley| “Making films is very much about frontality, about facing off,” legendary director Chantal Akerman told Mousse Magazine in 2011, less than four years before her death by suicide. Decades removed from her stunning black-and-white debut Je Tu Il Elle in 1974… Continue reading

All Our Trashcans Within: Tears and Other Feelings in Claire Denis’s Beau Travail

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|Ben Tuthill| The first time I watched Beau Travail, I cried for ten minutes straight. I watched it alone. I didn’t understand the plot very well. I knew that the final scene was famous, but when it happened I didn’t really get it. I started crying right about the moment the first credits hit… Continue reading