Stuart Klawans

Film Critic

Stuart Klawans was the film critic for The Nation from 1988 through 2020

Survivors Survivors

Lee Daniels's Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire, Oren Moverman's The Messenger, Alexander Sokurov's The Sun

Nov 5, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Baffled Dignity Baffled Dignity

Alain Resnais's Wild Grass and Margot Benacerraf's Araya.

Oct 8, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Emotional Rescue Emotional Rescue

Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds, Claire Denis's 35 Shots of Rum, Jane Campion's Bright Star

Sep 16, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Creatures of the Night: On Park Chan-wook and the Dardennes Creatures of the Night: On Park Chan-wook and the Dardennes

Park Chan-wook's Thirst, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne's Lorna's Silence and Lucrecia Martel's The Headless Woman.

Aug 12, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Just a Game? Just a Game?

Agnès Varda's The Beaches of Agnès, Havana Marking's Afghan Star

Jun 24, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Live Long and Prosper: Star Trek and More Live Long and Prosper: Star Trek and More

J.J. Abrams's Star Trek, Ron Howard's Angels & Demons, Olivier Assayas's Summer Hours

May 27, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Pure Cinema: New Films by Celan, Zonca and Jarmusch Pure Cinema: New Films by Celan, Zonca and Jarmusch

Nuri Bilge Ceylan's Three Monkeys, Erick Zonca's Julia, Jim Jarmusch's The Limits of Control.

Apr 29, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Lonely Blue Boys Lonely Blue Boys

Stuart Klawans Zack Snyder's Watchmen, Tony Gilroy's Duplicity, Greg Mottola's Adventureland.

Apr 2, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

The Mutual Human Concern The Mutual Human Concern

Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Tokyo Sonata, Steve McQueen's Hunger, Andrzej Wajda's Katyn.

Mar 5, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Waste Management Waste Management

Matteo Garrone's Gomorrah, plus The Class and Coraline.

Feb 4, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

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