‘Everybody Wants Some!!’ Has Just Enough Gravity ‘Everybody Wants Some!!’ Has Just Enough Gravity
If you’re determined to do it, you can wring a story, some themes, and even a moral out of Richard Linklater’s new movie.
Apr 6, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Tina Fey Goes for Drama Tina Fey Goes for Drama
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot is a movie with neither highs nor lows.
Mar 3, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Israel’s Willful Blindness Israel’s Willful Blindness
Two films explore why the Israeli peace movement collapsed, and, taken together, might advance you toward an answer.
Feb 3, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Hodgepodge, Mismatch, and Wild Disproportion Hodgepodge, Mismatch, and Wild Disproportion
Dueling satirical films about white-supremacist America, and how not to be an imbecile when criticizing Star Wars.
Jan 7, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Remembering Haskell Wexler, Genius Cinematographer and Committed Leftist Remembering Haskell Wexler, Genius Cinematographer and Committed Leftist
For more than six decades, Haskell Wexler spoke to the public through the movies he made.
Jan 4, 2016 / Stuart Klawans
Rocky Without Reaganism Rocky Without Reaganism
Creed offers a surprisingly daring depiction of the Rocky universe as seen from the other side of the tracks.
Dec 3, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
She’s Leaving Home She’s Leaving Home
In Crimson Peak and Brooklyn, women have to find the world in order to find their place in it.
Nov 5, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Something Important Seeping Out of the World Something Important Seeping Out of the World
Films about mourning and illness, and some worthy commercial fare, dominated this year’s New York Film Festival.
Oct 22, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
The Good, the Bad, and the Veteran The Good, the Bad, and the Veteran
Problem-solving will only get liars and filmmakers so far.
Oct 8, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
White Hands and Black Skulls: From the Panthers to ‘Straight Outta Compton’ White Hands and Black Skulls: From the Panthers to ‘Straight Outta Compton’
Two new films prove the urgency, and inadequacy, of outrage.
Aug 27, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans