Author Archives: Nick Chen

About Nick Chen

26-year-old journalist who's written for places like Total Film, Sight & Sound, Little White Lies, Complex, SFX Magazine, Dazed and Confused, Grolsch Film Works, London Calling, Vice, and a bunch of other places. Why pencils have razors. Based on a book. Screenwriter. Buzz word. London. Twitter: @halfacanyon. Lesser known Olsen brother. Multiple instances of words misused contemporaneously.

Kenicky’s 2018 film roundup

Posted on January 1, 2019 by Nick Chen

2018, it turns out, is the first year in history to be divisible by the number 2018. Who knew? In 2011’s roundup I swam through cold weather to Bill Callahan’s favourite island. In 2012’s roundup Joaquin set the Instagram filter … Continue reading →

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Film reviews 93: “Mission: Impossible – Fallout”, “Faraway, So Close!”, “I Feel Pretty”, “First Reformed”, “Tag”, “Folk Hero & Funny Guy”, and 28 others…

Posted on October 1, 2018 by Nick Chen

This month: “Accepted”, “The Beaches of Agnès”, “Book Club”, “Les Derniers Jours du monde”, “The Escape”, “Faces Places”, “Faraway, So Close!” (pictured above), “First Reformed”, “Folk Hero & Funny Guy”, “I Feel Pretty”, “Intimate Strangers”, “The Last of Sheila”, “Leave … Continue reading →

Posted in Film review | Tagged Abby Kohn, Agnès Varda, André Téchiné, Aneesh Chaganty, Arnaud Larrieu, Bill Holderman, Brad Bird, Brian De Palma, Christopher McQuarrie, Debra Granik, Desiree Akhavan, Dominic Savage, Herbert Ross, James Ivory, Jared Hess, Jason Reitman, Jean-Marie Larrieu, Jeff Grace, Jeff Tomsic, JJ Abrams, Jody Hill, John McNaughton, John Woo, JR, Koki Mitani, Marc Silverstein, Nicole Holofcener, P.J. Hogan, Patrice Leconte, Paul Schrader, Rob Greenberg, Robert Smigel, Shusuke Kaneko, Steve Pink, Wim Wenders | 1 Comment

Film reviews 92: “Avengers: Infinity War”, “Jurassic World: The Fallen Kingdom”, “Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk”, “Chinese Puzzle”, “Ibiza”, “Mystic Pizza”, “Goat”, “The Cloverfield Paradox” and 23 others…

Posted on June 16, 2018 by Nick Chen

This month: “L’Amant double”, “Annihilation, “Avengers: Infinity War”, “Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk”, “Brad’s Status”, “Chinese Puzzle”, “The Cloverfield Paradox”, “Cutter’s Way, “The Do-Over”, “Eighth Grade”, “An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn”, “45 Years” (pictured above), “5×2”, “A Futile and … Continue reading →

Posted in Film review | Tagged Alain Resnais, Alex Garland, Alex Richanbach, Andrew Haigh, Andrew Neel, Ang Lee, Anthony Russo, Ari Aster, Bo Burnham, Cédric Klapisch, Claire Denis, Dominik Moll, Duncan Jones, François Ozon, Ivan Passer, J.A. Bayona, Jim Hosking, Joe Russo, Joe Wright, John Cameron Mitchell, Julius Onah, Mike White, Steven Brill, Wim Wenders | 1 Comment

Film reviews 91: “Game Night”, “A Quiet Place”, “Unsane”, “Ready Player One”, “Blockers”, “Half Nelson”, “Miss Stevens”, “Silence”, “Heaven”, “Involuntary”, “Molly’s Game” and 17 others…

Posted on April 9, 2018 by Nick Chen

This month: “All That Jazz” (pictured above), “Beats Being Dead”, “The Belko Experiment”, “Blissfully Yours”, “Blockers”, “Les Diaboliques”, “Game Night”, “Half Nelson”, “Heaven”, “Heaven Knows What”, “Involuntary”, “Isle of Dogs”, “Just Go With It”, “Keeping Up With the Joneses”, “Lights … Continue reading →

Posted in Film review | Tagged Aaron Sorkin, Aki Kaurismäki, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Ben Safdie, Bob Fosse, Christian Petzold, Denis Villeneuve, Dennis Dugan, Greg McLean, Greg Mottola, Henri-Georges Clouzot, Jeffrey Blitz, John Francis Daley, John Krasinski, Jonathan Goldstein, Josh Gordon, Joshua Safdie, Julia Hart, Kay Cannon, Martin Scorsese, Paul Thomas Anderson, Ruben Östlund, Ryan Fleck, Steven Soderbergh, Steven Spielberg, Tom Tykwer, Wes Anderson, Will Spech | 1 Comment

Kenicky’s 2017 film roundup

Posted on April 3, 2018 by Nick Chen

It’s April 3, which can only mean one thing… In 2011’s roundup I swam through cold weather to Bill Callahan’s favourite island. In 2012’s roundup Joaquin set the Instagram filter to “Kenicky”. In 2013’s roundup Carruth paddled with red herrings. … Continue reading →

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