Stuart Klawans

Film Critic

The Nation's film critic Stuart Klawans is author of the books Film Follies: The Cinema Out of Order (a finalist for the 1999 National Book Critics Circle Awards) and Left in the Dark: Film Reviews and Essays, 1988-2001. His film criticism and reviews for The Nation won the 2007 National Magazine Award. When not on deadline for The Nation, he contributes articles to the New York Times and other publications.

Articles

A Continent for the Taking (Film)

What to make of The Constant Gardener, a movie
focused on Europeans set in Africa, the return of Terry Gilliam and the
New York City-set Keane?

Stuart Klawans

Neighbors (Film)

A trio of film reviews: Wall, Tony Takitani and Red Eye.

Stuart Klawans

Eat the Document (Film)

Stuart Klawans reviews four documentary films.

Stuart Klawans

Time Out of Mind (Film)

There are no ordinary shots in Wong Kar Wai's 2046 and no ordinary
sounds--which is remarkable, given that you've seen and heard everything
before.

Stuart Klawans

Alien Nation (Film)

Reviews of War of the Worlds, Dark Water and Land of the Dead

Stuart Klawans

Shoot the Piano Player (Film)

Reviews of The Beat That My Heart Skipped, Me and You
and Everyone We Know and other new films.

Stuart Klawans

A Fistful of Dollars (Film)

She was a saint, Renée Zellweger, with her brave chin all
a-tremble, never saying a harsh word to her husband no matter how the
little ones wheezed and shivered in the cruel, cruel cold,

Stuart Klawans

Adult Content (Film)

Reviews of Madagascar, Howl's Moving Castle and several other new films.

Stuart Klawans

Love on the Run (Film)

She has the face of a mermaid--a real one, not a Disney blonde. The wide
undulant mouth drinks in her world like oxygen; the hazel eyes reflect a
bent and wavering light.

Stuart Klawans

Compromising Positions (Film)

Your movie reviewer has been reading Colin MacCabe's excellent book on
Jean-Luc Godard and pondering its discussion of France after World War
II.

Stuart Klawans