If you loved From the East, try News from Home
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Both films are directed by Chantal Akerman, and they both carry the atmospheric, foreign gem mood tags, and they sit in Documentary territory. If that's the register that drew you to From the East, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What News from Home is
Paris, Texas without whimsy. A filmmaker lives in New York while her mother's letters recount quotidian life back in Belgium. The film's calm juxtaposition creates a portrait of familial guilt.

