Stuart Klawans

Film Critic

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

Extremely

Extremely Extremely

Stephen Daldry’s Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Wim Wenders’s Pina.

Jan 4, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Cranks and Cogwheels

Cranks and Cogwheels Cranks and Cogwheels

Martin Scorsese’s Hugo.

Dec 6, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Times Squared

Times Squared Times Squared

Jem Cohen’s Newsreel No. 1, Aki Kaurismäki’s Le Havre, Andrew Niccol’s In Time

Nov 9, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Just as They Are

Just as They Are Just as They Are

The forty-ninth edition of the New York Film Festival.

Oct 25, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Disciplined Filth

Disciplined Filth Disciplined Filth

George Clooney’s The Ides of March, Danfung Dennis’s Hell and Back Again, Luc Côté and Patricio Henriquez’s You Don’t Like the Truth: 4 Days In...

Oct 11, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Agents of Destruction

Agents of Destruction Agents of Destruction

Steven Soderbergh’s Contagion, Göran Hugo Olsson’s Black Power Mixtape 1967–1975, Tate Taylor’s The Help

Sep 14, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Break That Wall

Break That Wall Break That Wall

Steve James and Alex Kotlowitz’s The Interrupters; Raul Ruiz’s Mysteries of Lisbon; Jon Favreu’s Cowboys and Aliens; David Yates’s Harry Potter and the Deat...

Aug 10, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Unsilenced

Unsilenced Unsilenced

The Human Rights Watch Film Festival, Michael Winterbottom’s The Trip, Azazel Jacobs’s Terri, Eve Annenberg’s Romeo and Juliet in Yiddish.

Jun 28, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Dance with the Devil

Dance with the Devil Dance with the Devil

Terrence Malick's Tree of Life; David Balding's One Lucky Elephant; Kristen Wiig's Bridesmaids; Todd Phillips's The Hangover Part II.

Jun 1, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Do They Dream? Spelunking With Werner Herzog Do They Dream? Spelunking With Werner Herzog

Werner Herzog's Cave of Forgotten Dreams; Joe Wright's Hanna; Andreas Lust's The Robber; Daniel and Diego Vega's Octubre.

Apr 27, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

x