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David Klion

David Klion is a writer in Brooklyn.

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May 22, 2023
Critical Mass
Succession at Last Found Its Moral Center
The show’s final episodes reject the cynicism and exhaustion of our moment.
December 1, 2022
Critical Mass
The Grown-Up Art of Andor
“Andor” is a show about the moral choices adults are forced to make in a world of adult consequences.
April 22, 2022
Critical Mass
Navalny Is an Elegy for Russia’s Lost Future
Daniel Roher’s documentary on Alexei Navalny captures the spirit of opposition to Putin within Russia and the fate of its most prominent figure.
April 7, 2022
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Servant of the People Captured the Possibilities of Ukrainian Democracy
The hit TV show, in which Volodymyr Zelenskiy played a fictional president, is now streaming on Netflix.
October 14, 2021
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The New Dune Is the Adaptation Frank Herbert’s Novel Deserves
Denis Villeneuve’s film makes the complex world of “Dune” comprehensible through stunning visuals.
September 9, 2021
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Impeachment: American Crime Story Has an Unlikely Main Character
Rather than focus on Bill Clinton or Monica Lewinsky, the show makes Linda Tripp the key to understanding the tangled and toxic politics of the late 1990s.
August 20, 2021
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Mike Duncan Takes On the Turmoil of History
In over 150 hours of his podcast “Revolutions” and a new book, Duncan wrestles with centuries of upheaval.
July 15, 2021
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Roadrunner Goes in Search of Anthony Bourdain
Morgan Neville’s new documentary offers glimpses of a Bourdain we’ve never seen before—and captures the toll his work took on him.
March 3, 2021
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How Did Obama and Bruce Springsteen Make Such a Bland Podcast?
I wanted to like “Renegades” on Spotify. What went wrong?
October 20, 2020
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The Atlantic and the Limits of Reasonableness
Is the magazine’s tradition of argument equal to the crises of the Trump era?
September 25, 2020
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The Unbearable Realism of The Comey Rule
Showtime’s new miniseries attempts to salvage a lesson from an unmitigated disaster.
May 29, 2020
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David Frum’s Hold Over the Center
The Never Trumpers styled themselves as critics of the GOP. Instead, they built up power over liberals.
March 16, 2020
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The Plot Against America’s Powerful Warning
The new HBO show, adapted from Philip Roth’s novel, imagines life under a fascist president.
January 22, 2020
Critical Mass
Citizen K Captures the Rise and Fall of an Oligarch
Alex Gibney’s new documentary about Mikhail Khodorkovsky presents a complex picture of a dissident.
December 12, 2019
Critical Mass
The Heavy Burden of The Report
The new movie about the Torture Report has to take on people who still wield enormous influence.
December 3, 2019
The Soapbox
What Happened to Peter Daou?
The former Hillary Clinton cheerleader is now one of Bernie Sanders’s biggest online boosters. Critics smell a grift—but maybe Daou is just being Daou.
October 15, 2019
The Politics of Succession
Why the best show about power in the Trump era is not a show about politicians.
September 24, 2019
The Conscience of Bret Stephens
How one columnist’s wild family history explains an increasingly isolated school of conservatism
September 18, 2019
Covering for Roy Cohn
The new documentary about his life and circle is a study in complicity.
May 1, 2019
Werner Herzog’s Ode to Gorbachev
"Meeting Gorbachev" captures the promise of 1989 and mourns what came next.

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