Category Archives: Film review

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 47: “Frances Ha”, “The Heat”, “The Wolverine”, “Now You See Me”, “Only God Forgives” and 9 others…

Posted on August 1, 2013 by Nick Chen

This fortnight: “The 400 Blows” (pictured above), “Blackfish”, “Couples Retreat”, “District 9”, “Frances Ha”, “Free Samples”, “Ginger & Rosa”, “The Heat”, “The Last Seduction”, “Now You See Me”, “Only God Forgives”, “Point Break” and “The Wolverine”. Ernest Hemingway’s “Iceberg Theory” … Continue reading →

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Film reviews 46: “The World’s End”, “Pacific Rim”, “World War Z” and 10 others…

Posted on July 17, 2013 by Nick Chen

This month: “Death Walks on High Heels”, “A Field in England”, “The Frozen Ground”, “Hellboy”, “Hellboy 2: The Golden Army”, “The House on Sorority Row”, “Moonlight Mile”, “Pacific Rim”, “Paris Manhattan”, “Sorority Row”, “To the Wonder” (pictured above), “World War Z” … Continue reading →

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Film reviews 45: “The Bling Ring”, “The Internship”, “The East”, “Behind the Candelabra”, “Warm Bodies” and 9 others…

Posted on June 30, 2013 by Nick Chen

This month: “24 Hour Party People”, “Admission”, “Behind the Candelabra”, “Black Rock”, “The Bling Ring”, “The East”, “A Horrible Way to Die”, “The Internship”, “Jules et Jim” (pictured above), “The Playroom”, “The Seasoning House”, “Skeletons”, “Warm Bodies” and “Westworld”. I … Continue reading →

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