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The 'greatest film of all time': Chantal Akerman's win shows a generational shift is taking place among critics and filmmakers

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par Ben McCann, Associate Professor of French Studies, University of Adelaide

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 polling began, and the first directed by a woman.

The full list of 100 films was published today, with the top…

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