News From Home
The Metrograph, Ludlow Street 7, 10002 New York, Manhattan
About
News From Home is a screening of Chantal Akerman's 1976 nonfiction diary/essay/poem, filmed in New York City subway stations and on street corners with cinematographer Babette Mangolte, with Akerman reading her mother's letters. Made when Akerman was 26 and living in New York, far from her native Belgium and her mother, it is considered one of the greatest portraits of a city put on film and a touching depiction of maternal love. It screens in the English-language version.
Written by a model, sources: metrograph.com
Critics
7.3Very good
The critic admires the film's intricate play between sound and image, its fixed, distanced views of the city, and its subtle meditation on presence and absence between mother and daughter. Little is faulted, beyond warning that viewers expecting narrative payoff may be disappointed.
Reviews: Spectacular Attractions, TMDb
Trailer
Showtimes
Fri 30 Oct
The MetrographLudlow Street 7, 10002 New York
Fri 6 Nov
The MetrographLudlow Street 7, 10002 New York
Venue
The Metrograph is in New York City’s Manhattan.
Ludlow Street 7, 10002 New York
The Metrograph 67 more events- Director
- Chantal Akerman
- Year
- 1976
- Runtime
- 85 min
