Chantal Akerman: NOW review – flickering between life and death

Ambika P3, LondonA show of the late Chantal Akerman’s films is beautiful, bleak and at times overwhelmingThe Belgian-born film-maker Chantal Akerman died in Paris last month at the age of 65. According to Le Monde, she took her own life. Shocked obituaries have appeared all over the world, with the result that many more people now know about Akerman’s death than her life’s work, which is extraordinarily diverse, original and inventive. Her filmography includes adaptations of Pr