Stuart Klawans

Film Critic

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

Dreamscape Dreamscape

Reviews of the animated psychoanalytic sci-fi thriller Paprika, 9 Star Hotel and Poison Friends.

May 24, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Spider-Man 3: Third Time’s (Not) the Charm Spider-Man 3: Third Time’s (Not) the Charm

Sam Raimi has loaded so many big ideas into Spider-Man 3, they drag this morality-soaked bag of kittens right down to the river's bottom.

May 10, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Desire and Its Discontents Desire and Its Discontents

Reviews of Syndromes and a Century, Private Fears in Public Places, Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis and Stephanie Daley.

Apr 19, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Undercover of the Night Undercover of the Night

Reviews of the films Black Book and Zodiac.

Apr 5, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

That’s the Way of the World That’s the Way of the World

Reviews of U-Carmen, Offside and Killer of Sheep, arguably one of the best films of 2007.

Mar 29, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

The Things They Carried The Things They Carried

Reviews of The Host, The Wind That Shakes the Barley and The Namesake.

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

Winter Light Winter Light

Stuart Klawans reviews Into Great Silence, Sátántangó and the Museum of Modern Art's retrospective of Abbas Kiarostami's films.

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

The Spy Who Loved Me The Spy Who Loved Me

Reviews of The Lives of Others and Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams.

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

Factory Girl Factory Girl

China Blue is a surprisingly fair-minded documentary about teenagers working in a jeans factory in China.

Jan 30, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

The General in His Labyrinth The General in His Labyrinth

Reviews of Guillermo del Toro's dizzying Pan's Labyrinth and part two of Clint Eastwood's World War II opus, Letters From Iwo Jima.

Jan 4, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

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