Stuart Klawans

Film Critic

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

Cool Devastation Cool Devastation

American movie-goers finally get to see Cristian Mungiu's stunning 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days.

Feb 7, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Letters Letters

'Ebony and Ivory'? Laguna Woods, Calif.

Feb 7, 2008 / Stuart Klawans, Our Readers, and Peter Gizzi

A Hard Man A Hard Man

Paul Thomas Anderson's masterful There Will Be Blood pits an oil baron against a preacher in an epic contest of wills.

Jan 10, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Grave Thoughts Grave Thoughts

Heddy Honigmann's documentary Forever visits the dead in Paris, but nobody grieves; James Mangold's 3:10 to Yuma pits an evil Russell Crowe against a driven Christian Bale.

Sep 6, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Bywater Blues Bywater Blues

Reviews of Kamp Katrina, The Monastery and Exiled.

Aug 23, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Spy Games Spy Games

Reviews of The Bourne Ultimatum and The Simpsons Movie.

Aug 9, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Stuff Happens Stuff Happens

Reviews of No End in Sight, The Devil Came on Horseback, The Sugar Curtain and Sunshine.

Jul 26, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Boys (and Girls) of Summer Boys (and Girls) of Summer

Live Free or Die Hard is boot camp for slackers. Knocked Up takes measure of the inadequate man.

Jul 12, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Anatomy of a Murder Anatomy of a Murder

Reviews of A Mighty Heart, Sicko, Czech Dream and Unborn in the USA.

Jun 21, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Good News From Romania? Good News From Romania?

12:08 East of Bucharest is a hilariously bleak film set on the sixteenth anniversary of Romania's revolution.

Jun 7, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

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