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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Nicholas Bell - September 24, 2021

Letter from an Unknown Human: Chbosky Hits False Note with Musical Adaptation Now navigating its third medium following the publication of Steven Levenson’s novel and...

Captain Volkonogov Escaped | 2021 Venice Film Festival Review

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Nicholas Bell - September 11, 2021

Can You Ever Forgive Me?: Chupov & Merkulova Explore Redemption in Scathing, Dramatic Thriller For their third feature, Captain Volkonogov Escaped, directors Aleksey Chupov...

Ariaferma (The Inner Cage) | 2021 Venice Film Festival Review

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Nicholas Bell - September 5, 2021

Guards and Monsters: Costanzo Finds Humanity in Balanced Ratios Utilizing the novel opportunity of how power wanes in the crumbling of an institution’s viability, Italian...

Trenches | 2021 Venice Film Festival Review

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Nicholas Bell - September 3, 2021

Gone to Graveyards: Bureau Mines the Surreal Tragedy of Ongoing Ukrainian Conflict Ukrainian auteur Sergei Loznitsa has, heretofore, presented the most comprehensive cinematic examinations of...

The Card Counter | 2021 Venice Film Festival Review

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Nicholas Bell - September 2, 2021

January Man: Schrader Fans the Underbelly in Morose Facade of Lost Souls Paul Schrader has obsessively charted the propensity of man's repressed compulsions consuming even...

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