Stuart Klawans

Film Critic

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

Thoughtless and Dishonest

Thoughtless and Dishonest Thoughtless and Dishonest

Woody Allen’s Blue Jasmine; Sophia Coppola’s The Bling Ring; Ryan Coogler’s Fruitvale Station

Jul 31, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Natural Born Killers

Natural Born Killers Natural Born Killers

Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Act of Killing, Jem Cohen’s Museum Hours, Eliav Lilti’s Israel: A Home Movie, Jerry Bruckheimer’s Enemy of the State

Jul 2, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Flappers and Philosophers

Flappers and Philosophers Flappers and Philosophers

Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby, Richard Linklater’s Before Midnight

May 21, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Beyond

Beyond Beyond

Mira Nair’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Terrence Malick’s To the Wonder, Derek Cinfrance’s The Place Beyond the Pines, Brian Helgeland’s 42

Apr 24, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

The Idea of Freedom

The Idea of Freedom The Idea of Freedom

Sally Potter’s Ginger & Rosa, Su Friedrich’s Gut Renovation, Shirley Clarke’s Portrait of Jason, Harmony Korine’s Spring Breakers.

Apr 10, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Hollywood Ending?

Hollywood Ending? Hollywood Ending?

Steven Soderbergh’s Side Effects; Lynne Sach’s Your Day Is My Night

Feb 19, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Crazy, Stupid, Guns

Crazy, Stupid, Guns Crazy, Stupid, Guns

Moussa Touré’s La Pirogue, Ruben Fleischer’s Gangster Squad

Jan 23, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Waltz Unchained

Waltz Unchained Waltz Unchained

Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained; Béla Tarr’s The Turin Horse

Jan 9, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Glamour Suits Glamour Suits

Sam Mendez’s Skyfall, David O. Russell’s Silver Lining Playbook, Joe Wright’s Anna Karenina, Jacques Audiard’s Rust and Bone, Katheryn Bigelow’s Zero ...

Dec 5, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Transmigrations Transmigrations

Tom Tykwer and Lana and Andy Wachowski’s Cloud Atlas, Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln, Ra’anan Alexandrowicz’s The Law in These Parts.

Nov 7, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

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