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.

Film reviews 70: “Tomorrowland: A World Beyond”, “The Clouds of Sils Maria”, “Top Five”, “Ned Rifle” and 14 others…

Posted on May 21, 2015 by Nick Chen

This month: “All of Me”, “CB4”, “The Clouds of Sils Maria”, “Down to Earth”, “The DUFF”, “I Think I Love My Wife”, “In Her Shoes”, “The Late Shift”, “Ned Rifle”, “Suicide Club”, “Tomorrowland: A World Beyond” (pictured above), “Top Five” … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged "Tamra Davis", Ari Sandel, Betty Thomas, Brad Bird, Carl Reiner, Chris Rock, Chris Weitz, Curtis Hanson, Hal Hartley, Ned Rifle, Olivier Assayas, Paul Weitz, Sion Sono | 1 Comment

Film reviews 69: “Avengers: Age of Ultron”, “Hiroshima mon amour”, “Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me”, “Gerry”, “A Summer Story” and 9 others…

Posted on April 21, 2015 by Nick Chen

This week’s releases: “Avengers: Age of Ultron”, “Baisers voles”, “Gerry”, “Gold”, “Hiroshima mon amour” (pictured above), “It’s a Disaster”, “Lost River”, “The One I Love”, “Reds”, “Remains of the Day”, “La ronde”, “Songs from the Second Floor”, “A Summer Story” … Continue reading →

Posted in Film review | Tagged Alain Resnais, Charlie McDowell, David Lynch, François Truffaut, Gus Van Sant, James Ivory, Joss Whedon, Max Ophüls, Niall Heery, Roy Andersson, Ryan Gosling, Todd Berger, Warren Beatty | 1 Comment

Film reviews 68: “While We’re Young”, “Heaven Adores You”, “Force majeure”, “Hot Tub Time Machine 2”, “The Tale of the Princess Kaguya”, “Focus” and 13 others…

Posted on April 14, 2015 by Nick Chen

This month: “Albatross”, “Boy Meets Girl” (pictured above), “Chappie”, “Dirty Hands”, “Focus”, “Force majeure”, “Grown Ups 2”, “Happy Christmas”, “Heaven Adores You”, “Hot Tub Time Machine 2”, “Jauja”, “Mona Lisa Smile”, “Ocean Waves”, “Only Yesterday”, “Roxanne”, “Starshaped”, “Still Alice”, “The … Continue reading →

Posted in Film review | Tagged Dennis Dugan, Fred Schepisi, Glenn Ficarra, Harry Kim, Isao Takahata, Joe Swanberg, John Requa, Leos Carax, Lisandro Alonso, Matthew Longfellow, Mike Newell, Neill Blomkamp, Niall MacCormick, Nickolas Dylan Rossi, Noah Baumbach, Richard Glatzer, Ruben Östlund, Steve Pink, Tomomi Mochizuki, Wash Westmoreland | 3 Comments

BFI Flare 2015 reviews: “Atlántida”, “Do I Sound Gay?”, “Futuro Beach”, “Girlhood” and “Tiger Orange”

Posted on March 29, 2015 by Nick Chen

The 29th instalment of BFI Flare (formerly called BFI London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival) ran this year during 19-29 March. It was fun and a fellow audience member asked if I was an actor. Films reviewed here: “Atlántida”, “Do … Continue reading →

Posted in BFI Flare, Film review | Tagged "BFI Flare", Atlántida, Céline Sciamma, David Thorpe, Do I Sound Gay?, Futuro Beach, Girlhood, Ines María Barrionuevo, Karim Aïnouz, Tiger Orange, Wade Gasque | 1 Comment

BFI Flare 2015 review: “I Am Michael”

Posted on March 19, 2015 by Nick Chen

Director: Justin Kelly Writers: Justin Kelly, Benoit Denizet-Lewis (article) Starring: James Franco, Zachary Quinto, Emma Roberts, Charlie Carver It isn’t a film festival without James Franco. BFI Flare’s opening night gala, if you haven’t heard, is Justin Kelly’s biopic of … Continue reading →

Posted in Film review | Tagged "BFI Flare", James Franco, Justin Kelly | 1 Comment