Niels Matthijs
Antwerp, Belgium

Niels joined Twitch back in 2009. Convinced that there is no such thing as too obscure, he set out to cover some of the weirdest, oddest and incomprehensibly overlooked Asian films. When he's not watching celluloid, he's either writing about his love for electronic music and webdesign or enjoy life with his soon to be wife.

TENSHI NO TAMAGO (Personal Favorites) Review
Tenshi no Tamago is the film where it all started for Mamoru Oshii (Ghost in the Shell, Sky Crawlers, Patlabor 2). For the first time he was freed from any limitations, finally at liberty to make whatever kind of movie... More »
  

HONEY PUPU (BEST OF 2011!) Review
Without a single doubt, without any form of competition, this is the best film of 2011. And while Honey PuPu can't claim absolute originality (pk.com.cn precedes it), it's still the most beautiful, unique and skillfully executed film I've seen in... More »
  

ATTACK THE BLOCK Review
Truth lies in numbers, so here's my take on semi-cult hit Attack The Block. British genre films are doing quite well for themselves. After a series of successful horror flicks British genre cinema is now broadening its range to other... More »
  

RABBITS (Personal Favorites) Review
For me Lynch - together with Tsukamoto - opened up the doors to a cinematic world beyond the realm of pure commercial film making. Tsukamoto's Tetsuo and Lynch's Eraserhead were two defining films in my choice to become a die-hard... More »
  

THE BUTCHER, THE CHEF & THE SWORDSMAN Review
Even though I like my share of stylish Eastern martial arts period pieces from time to time, it's not exactly the most dashing or innovative genre one can imagine. Sure the cinematography improves and the fight choreography gets 1-upped all... More »
  

MON SEUNG (Personal Favorites) Review
For all the reviews I've written for Oxide Pang's solo projects (The Detective, The Detective 2, Som And Bank and Basic Love) I never got around to reviewing my own personal favorite. Time to rectify this situation and give some... More »
  

BLOWFISH (Hetun) Review
Taiwanese dramas are usually a pretty safe bet and while most of them are not all that original or creative, in the end they definitely know how to deliver. Blowfish is one of the best examples I've seen so far,... More »
  

KYOSHIN (Personal Favorites) Review
The films of Sogo Ishii (Gojoe, Electric Dragon 80000v) can be quite a handful to track down, but if you are aiming to see the full version of Kyoshin (Mirrored Mind) you better get ready for some serious digging. Then... More »
  

BALADA TRISTE DE TROMPETA Review
Based on the trailer and poster art, Del La Iglesia's Balada Triste de Trompeta was either going to be a great cinematic celebration or a complete and utter failure. The marketing of the film left no doubt that we were... More »
  

RECONSTRUCTION (Personal Favorites) Review
When I went to watch Reconstruction for the first time in theaters it were the numerous Lynch references that had drawn me to this film. And while the link between both is absolutely justifiable I'd be doing this film (and... More »
  

SODIUM BABIES (Decaillon Brothers) Review
Vampires were supposed to be the new zombies, but apart from some flaky mainstream success the hype never really grounded itself amongst genre fans. This alone goes a long to explain why Sodium Babies has such a hard time to... More »
  

On The Consumer And Cold, Hard Economics
Last week Todd wrote a strong and honest piece on how the fan community is seen by the movie industry, sporting some impressive numbers that at least explain why we are considered low-priority. Yup, in the end it's all about... More »
  

GUSHA NO BINDUME (Personal Favorites) Review
Hiroki Yamaguchi's Gusha no Bindume is as Japanese as a movie can be. Utterly drenched in cyberpunk and manga influences, the film is a sprawling testament of what a young film maker can accomplish with a shoestring budget as long... More »
  

HELLDRIVER Review
Welcome back to the wonderful world of Yoshihiro Nishimura (Tokyo Gore Police, Vampire Girls vs Frankenstein Girl, Mutant Girls Squad). The most famous particle of the Sushi Typhoon collective returns to the director's chair and once again delivers a film... More »
  

TETSUO: IRON MAN (Personal Favorites) Review
Shinya Tsukamoto's Tetsuo is a landmark film, no doubt about it. It crawled up from its tiny, little, underground niche and wrestled its way up to become one of the must-see films for any loving film fan with a growing... More »
  

TSUBURO NO GARA (Personal Favorites) Review
The Japanese cyberpunk genre isn't that richly populated (understatement), and to make it worse many releases are almost impossible to find here in the West. A real shame because it's without a doubt one of my favorite genres out there.... More »
  

MAH NAKORN (Personal Favorites) Review
In the wake of other Asian countries, Thailand lived through a small yet vivid period of international interest at the start of this millennium. Some very fresh and unique films reached our shores because of that, of which Mah Nakorn... More »
  

PAVILLION SALAMANDRE (Masanori Tominaga) Review
Masanori Tominaga's The Pavillion Salamandre just came out of nowhere. It went by completely unnoticed on its initial release, the addition of Jo Odagiri being the only hook that put this film on the radar of a select few in... More »
  

MERRY-GO-ROUND Review
Directors Yan Yan Mak (Hu Die) and Clement Sze-Kit Cheng (Gallants) team up for a film that dares to gives some extra shine to the Hong-Kong arthouse scene. Joining others like High Noon and Ex (both by Heiward Mak), this... More »
  

Niels Matthijs presents: my permanent and immortalized Top 100 Movies
Probaby few people know this, but before I started writing for Twitch I was just a dude with a blog and an unhealthy fascination for Asian films. From time to time I reposted a review on the forum, Ard picked... More »
  
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