The Wished and the Willed The Wished and the Willed
Hirikazu Kore-eda’s I Wish, Nanni Moretti’s We Have a Pope, Shirley Clarke’s The Connection, Mia Hansen Love’s Goodbye First Love, Jennifer Baichwal’s...
Apr 25, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Young Adults Young Adults
Gary Ross's The Hunger Games, Terence Davies's The Deep Blue Sea.
Mar 27, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
A Man Escaped A Man Escaped
Jafar Panahi’s This Is Not a Film; Kimi Takesue’s Where Are You Taking Me?; Manfred Kirchheimer’s Art Is…The Permanent Revolution
Feb 29, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Lucas’s Tuskegee Experiment Lucas’s Tuskegee Experiment
George Lucas’s Red Tails, Agnieszka Holland’s In Darkness.
Jan 31, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Shelf Life Shelf Life
The Complete Jean Vigo, Travis Wilkerson’s An Injury to One.
Jan 25, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Akiva Gottlieb
‘The Iron Lady’: The Margaret Thatcher Movie We Don’t Need ‘The Iron Lady’: The Margaret Thatcher Movie We Don’t Need
In the new bio-pic, Margaret Thatcher's iron isn’t just rusty, it’s melted down into something soft and personal. The Iron Lady gives us Thatcher, the ABBA Version...
Jan 4, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Laura Flanders
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
Martin Scorsese’s Hugo.
Dec 6, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
The Real J. Edgar The Real J. Edgar
Clint Eastwood's cinematic exploration of the FBI chief's rise to power is little more than a comforting myth.
Nov 30, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Beverly Gage
How the Movies Saved My Life How the Movies Saved My Life
Seeing the world in black and white (with subtitles).
Nov 17, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Tom Engelhardt