The Word

Jul 18, 2025 — The week brings fresh writing on David Cronenberg, Stan Douglas, and Agnès Varda as well as a conversations between Jeff Wall and Pedro Costa.

Jul 9, 2025 — New films by Radu Jude, Fabrice Aragno, Alexandre Koberidze, and Ben Rivers are slated to compete for the Golden Leopard.

Mar 28, 2025 — The week brings new issues of Film Quarterly and Cineaste and conversations with Michael Mann and Miguel Gomes.

Dec 5, 2024 — Jane Schoenbrun’s I Saw the TV Glow scores six Spirit Awards nominations and is the cover story in the new Film Quarterly.

Sep 19, 2024 — Early reviews of the adaptation of a William S. Burroughs novel starring Daniel Craig run hot and cold.

May 24, 2024 — During a period of seismic change in U.S. history, the Hollywood studio system began to fracture beyond repair, resulting in a new freedom in how movies explored themes of violence, psychosis, and social breakdown.

May 10, 2024 — Horace Ové’s Pressure opens, Víctor Erice and Pedro Costa exchange ideas, and GQ presents an oral history of Go.

Apr 24, 2024 — This month brings a collection of Chantal Akerman’s writing, analyses of Ozu and Kubrick, and list of the best Hollywood books ever.

Sep 19, 2023 — Franz Kafka’s The Trial, the unfinished tale of a man living under arrest and prosecution for an unspecified offense, is perhaps the iconic author’s most paradigmatic text. Following its posthumous publication in 1925, and its translation into English by Willa...

Jul 18, 2023 — In her music, her films, and her often stormy romances, Birkin captivated us for more than half a century.