Nicholas Bell

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Los Angeles based Nicholas Bell is IONCINEMA.com's Chief Film Critic and covers film festivals such as Sundance, Berlin, Cannes and TIFF. He is part of the critic groups on Rotten Tomatoes, The Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA), FIPRESCI, the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS) and GALECA. His top 3 for 2023: The Beast (Bonello) Poor Things (Lanthimos), Master Gardener (Schrader). He was a jury member at the 2019 Cleveland International Film Festival.

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Gone in the Night | Review

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Nicholas Bell - July 15, 2022

Rental Condition: Horowitz Navigates Eerie Scenario in Patchwork Psych Thriller Gwen Guthrie famously crooned, “Ain’t nothin’ goin on but the rent,” back in 1986, but...

Earwig | Review

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Nicholas Bell - July 13, 2022

Earsatz: Hadzihalilovic Sinks Her Teeth In Ambiguous Menace For her highly anticipated third feature, France’s Lucile Hadzihalilovic resorts to adaptation with the enigmatic Earwig, based...

Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris | Review

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Nicholas Bell - July 11, 2022

Dior on the Floor: Fabian Spins Sweetness into Schmaltz with Anglophile Fairy Tale It’s never too late to follow one’s dreams, as the truncated tagline...

Criterion Collection: Eyimofe (This is My Desire) | Blu-ray Review

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Nicholas Bell - July 7, 2022

Far from the complicated, distressed definition of the Nigerian film movement christened ‘Nollywood’ in the early 2000s, a new coterie of filmmakers have slowly...

Both Sides of the Blade | Review

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Nicholas Bell - July 6, 2022

Lover Come Back: Denis Lets the Dark Side in Relationship Melodrama Three’s definitely a crowd in Both Sides of the Blade (Avec amour et acharnement),...

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