Old Boys Old Boys
David O. Russell’s American Hustle; Spike Lee’s Oldboy
Dec 4, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Hannah and Her Admirers Hannah and Her Admirers
Margarethe von Trotta’s biopic of Hannah Arendt is a film about ideas that remains intellectually detached from them.
Nov 19, 2013 / Books & the Arts / David Rieff
Shelf Life Shelf Life
Ben Urwand’s The Collaboration: Hollywood’s Pact with Hitler.
Nov 19, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Akiva Gottlieb
Roman Holidays Roman Holidays
Paolo Sorrentino’s The Great Beauty; Alexander Sokurov’s Faust; Wladyslaw Pasikowski’s Aftermath
Nov 12, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
‘The New Public’ on Poverty and Education ‘The New Public’ on Poverty and Education
The New Public offers a powerful look at poverty’s impact on education.
Nov 11, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Greg Kaufmann
The Seafarer The Seafarer
Stories of shipwreck and drift are Hollywood’s new allegories of national ruin.
Nov 6, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Clover
Sinners Sinners
Jia Zhangke’s Touch of Sin, Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave, and other highs (and lows) from the New York Film Festival.
Oct 22, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Weightless Burdens Weightless Burdens
Gravity and the three-dimensional tears of Sandra Bullock.
Oct 8, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
They Didn’t Start the Fire They Didn’t Start the Fire
Jason Osder’s Let the Fire Burn; Martha Shane and Lana Wilson’s After Tiller; Peter Morgan and Ron Howard’s Rush; anniversary wishes to Stuart Klawans from Rabbi ...
Sep 24, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Salaam Cinema: On Mohsen Makhmalbaf Salaam Cinema: On Mohsen Makhmalbaf
An Iranian director’s ongoing meditations on the nature of illusion and reality, truth and consequences.
Sep 17, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Adina Hoffman