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Jean-Luc Godard

“Godard Sucks!”

Shannon Plumb on how Richard Linklater's new film Nouvelle Vague finally helped her love the French New Wave's enfant terrible.

November 18, 2025

On the Virtues of Cinematic Failure

PVT Chat's writer-director Ben Hozie on what he learned making his first two features, neither of which have ever seen the light of day.

February 22, 2021

The Way We Get By: The Kids in the Hall’s Kevin McDonald on The Stories of John Cheever (and Classic Gangster Movies)

Quarantined in Toronto writing the rebooted Kids in the Hall TV show, Kevin shares what he's doing to stop climbing the walls.

March 30, 2020

What I Learned Working with Jean-Luc Godard, Béla Tarr and Alex Cox

At the end of the day, writes Gavagai's writer-director Rob Tregenza, it's all dependent cinema.

August 3, 2018

Why My Favorite Movies are the Ones Everyone Else Walks Out Of

Matthew Wilder explains why his favorite cinematic genre — difficult movies — are both so gratifying and so hugely misunderstood.

January 9, 2017

Bruce LaBruce (Gerontophilia) Talks Philippe Garrel’s In the Shadow of Women

Though less internationally well-known than his peers, Garrel is one of the great French auteurs and his new film finds him at the peak of his powers.

January 27, 2016

Talia Lugacy (Descent) Talks Returning to Her Favorite Godard Film and When Cinema Becomes Great Art

What happens when, after many years, you see one of your most beloved films again? (What if you don't love it like you used to?)

July 25, 2015

David Barker (Daylight) Talks Jean-Luc Godard’s Goodbye to Language

The contrarian of the Nouvelle Vague at age 83 has made a dense, mostly non-narrative film about communication and relationships. In 3D, obviously.

October 29, 2014