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.

Every Jim Jarmusch film reviewed

Posted on October 26, 2013 by Nick Chen

Reviewed: Permanent Vacation (1980), Stranger Than Paradise (1984), Down by Law (1986), Mystery Train (1989), Night on Earth (1991), Dead Man (1995), Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999), Coffee and Cigarettes (2003), Broken Flowers (2005), The Limits of … Continue reading →

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Film review: “Prince Avalanche”

Posted on October 19, 2013 by Nick Chen

      David Gordon Green returns to earlier form and style with a stream of slow poetry that shares the warmth of George Washington and All the Real Girls. It’s also one of his funniest films: ironically containing more laughs than his … Continue reading →

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Film review: “Under the Skin”

Posted on October 15, 2013 by Nick Chen

Jonathan Glazer’s terrific sci-fi is an abstract study of human loneliness starring Scarlett Johansson as an alien who lands in Glasgow. Yesterday’s screening of Under the Skin was followed by a Q&A with Jonathan Glazer who then took off his … Continue reading →

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Film reviews 50: “Blue Jasmine”, “Rush”, “La Grande Bellezza”, “The Kings of Summer” and 11 others…

Posted on September 20, 2013 by Nick Chen

This fortnight: “Birth”, “Blue Jasmine” (pictured above), “Borrowed Time”, “La Grande Bellezza”, “Hunger”, “I Killed My Mother”, “The Innkeepers”, “The Kings of Summer”, “Old Joy”, “Rush”, “Sexy Beast”, “Terri”, “This Must Be the Place” and “Wendy and Lucy”. Life is … Continue reading →

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Film reviews 49: “Elysium”, “What Maisie Knew”, “The Way, Way Back”, “Pain & Gain” and 10 others…

Posted on September 5, 2013 by Nick Chen

This fortnight: “Ain’t Them Bodies Saints”, “Belle de Jour”, “Diner”, “Elysium”, “Green Lantern”, “Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters”, “Heartbeats” (pictured above), “Irma la Douce”, “The Look of Love”, “Pain & Gain”, “Tropic Thunder”, “The Visitor”, “The Way, Way Back” and … Continue reading →

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