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Andrew Chan

The Big Screen: Hotel by the River

By Andrew Chan
February 13, 2019
The inertia of language: the latest from Hong, a master of small talk, draws attention to the emptiness beneath the chatter

Climbing Higher Mountains

By Andrew Chan
January 2, 2019
Aretha Franklin leaves behind precious memories with the 1972 concert film Amazing Grace, finally released to us all

The Other Side of Hope

By Andrew Chan
January 3, 2018
In Pingyao, filmmaker Jia Zhangke adds a brand-new festival to a bursting portfolio—but where does an art-house mogul fit into today’s China?

Review: Daughter of the Nile

By Andrew Chan
November 3, 2017
(Hou Hsiao-hsien, Taiwan, Cohen Media Group, Opened October 27)

Review: The Ornithologist

By Andrew Chan
May 3, 2017
(João Pedro Rodrigues, Portugal/France/
Brazil, Strand Releasing, Opens June 23)

The Great Divide

By Andrew Chan
January 3, 2017
Pained and painful, I Am Not Your Negro gives new voice to James Baldwin and the double binds of reflecting on race

Playing Along: What a Feeling

By Andrew Chan
September 6, 2016
Movie theme songs no longer carry the same cultural currency, 
but like our hearts, the form will go on

The Weight of the World

By Andrew Chan
July 5, 2016
Chinese filmmaker Wang Bing lets us feel the bare fact of existence for people caught in time’s tide

Short Takes: Kaili Blues

By Andrew Chan
May 3, 2016
(Bi Gan, China, 2015)

Short Takes: Miles Ahead

By Andrew Chan
March 3, 2016
(Don Cheadle, U.S., 2015)

Review: Freeheld

By Andrew Chan
September 3, 2015
(Peter Sollett, U.S., 2015)

Short Takes: What Happened, Miss Simone?

By Andrew Chan
June 30, 2015
(Liz Garbus, U.S., 2014)

Review: Broken Embraces

By Andrew Chan
September 22, 2014
(Pedro Almodóvar, Spain, 2009)

Review: The Wind Rises

By Andrew Chan
February 24, 2014
Hayao Miyazaki's final animated feature asks some weighty questions, but fails to find the answers

Review: August: Osage County

By Andrew Chan
December 30, 2013
(John Wells, U.S., 2013)

Trailer: Wong Kar Wai’s The Grandmaster

By Andrew Chan
November 19, 2012
Not among the 1.1 billion people on the planet that speak Mandarin or Cantonese? Here's an English translation.

Review: Life of Pi

By Andrew Chan
November 19, 2012
Ang Lee's glitzy foray into 3D proves to be a tiger without any teeth

Patriarch on the Sidelines

By Andrew Chan
November 5, 2012
In Wu Nien-jen’s A Borrowed Life, a Taiwanese father fails his family

Review: Red Hook Summer

By Andrew Chan
August 8, 2012
Spike Lee's latest references but remains a far cry from his greatest works

Review: Sacrifice

By Andrew Chan
July 24, 2012
Fifth Generation master Chen Kaige returns with a period epic that accepts its kitschiness