Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai Du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles

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Jeanne Dielman is a middle-aged widow whose daily routine of chores includes making the beds, cooking dinner for her teenage son, and some occasional sex work. The rhythm and the rites of her every day are unchangeable. But when something changes, her routine slowly begins to unravel.

Voted the greatest film of all time in the 2022 Sight and Sound Critics’ poll, Chantal Akerman’s chamber epic is a key entry in her prolific body of work.