Stuart Klawans

Film Critic

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

Two, Like, Star-Crossed Lovers Two, Like, Star-Crossed Lovers

When a young woman in high school frets about the folks in Mogadishu--when, for that matter, she can spell "Mogadishu"--American moviegoers know she needs a fashion makeover, a ...

Feb 4, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Revenge of the Pod People Revenge of the Pod People

Nobody asked me to spend my weekend watching movies about alien invasions--so for all I know, I might have been acting on promptings from an otherworldly force.

Jan 28, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Duck Soup in Japan Duck Soup in Japan

Has no one informed Dr. Akagi that he's living in a complex and serious drama about the morale of Japanese citizens toward the end of World War II?

Jan 14, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Parades Gone By Parades Gone By

To begin the new year with something old: Milestone Film and Video has just re-released two films of antiquarian interest, directed (appropriately enough) by British film histo...

Jan 7, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Holiday Celluloid Wrap-Up Holiday Celluloid Wrap-Up

What marvels of ill assortment the film distributors perform when they dump their products at the close of the year in hope of award nominations.

Dec 24, 1998 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Saving Private Malick Saving Private Malick

For twenty years, Terrence Malick has been absent from the screen, abandoning the world's filmoids to their own devices: to watch Badlands and Days of Heaven till the pr...

Dec 17, 1998 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

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