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.

LFF13 Cult reviews: “The Zero Theorem”, “The Congress”, “All Cheerleaders Die”, “The Sacrament” and 3 others…

Posted on November 1, 2013 by Nick Chen

Films reviewed: “All Cheerleaders Die”, “The Congress” (pictured above), “Only Lovers Left Alive”, “The Sacrament”, “The Strange Colour of Your Body’s Tears”, “sx_tape” and “The Zero Theorem”. This year’s London Film Festival was split into strands including Dare, Debate, Documentary, … Continue reading →

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LFF13 Journey, Family and Love reviews: “Blue is the Warmest Colour”, “Nebraska”, “The Spectacular Now”, “Gloria” and 5 others…

Posted on October 31, 2013 by Nick Chen

Films reviews: “Blue is the Warmest Colour”, “The Do Gooders”, “The Eternal Return of Antonis Paraskevas”, “Gloria”, “Locke”, “May in the Summer”, “Nebraska”, “Side by Side” and “The Spectacular Now” (pictured above). This year’s London Film Festival was split into … Continue reading →

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LFF13 Debate, Sonic and Documentary reviews: “Night Moves”, “We Are the Best!”, “The Armstrong Lie”, “At Berkeley” and 7 others…

Posted on October 30, 2013 by Nick Chen

Films reviewed: “Aatsinki: the Story of Arctic Cowboys”, “The Armstrong Lie”, “At Berkeley”, “Electro Shaabi”, “How We Used to Live”, “Leave to Remain”, “Mistaken for Strangers”, “My Fathers, My Mother and Me”, “Night Moves” (pictured above), “Teenage” and “We Are … Continue reading →

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LFF13 Dare, Thrill and First Feature reviews: “Kill Your Darlings”, “As I Lay Dying”, “All is Lost”, “Jeune et Jolie”, “Exhibition” and 9 others…

Posted on October 29, 2013 by Nick Chen

Films reviewed: “All is Lost”, “As I Lay Dying”, “B For Boy”, “Exhibition” (above), “The Fear”, “Hide Your Smiling Faces”, “Jeune et Jolie”, “Kill Your Darlings”, “Mystery Road”, “Sarah Prefers to Run”, “Sixteen”, “Weekend of a Champion” and “Wounded”. This … Continue reading →

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LFF13 Laugh reviews: “Enough Said”, “Doll & Em”, “Computer Chess”, “Drinking Buddies” and 5 others…

Posted on October 28, 2013 by Nick Chen

Films reviewed: “Afternoon Delight”, “The Bounceback”, “Computer Chess” (pictured above), “Doll & Em”, “Drinking Buddies”, “Enough Said”, “Gone Too Far!”, “Hello Carter” and “Our Sunhi”. This year’s London Film Festival was split into strands including Cult, Dare, Debate, Documentary, First … Continue reading →

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