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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Separation [Video Review]

Divorce of Force: Bell Peddles Puppets in Congested Ghost Story “Separate’s always better when there’s feelings involved,” per Outkast’s 2003 track Hey Ya!, and one...

Things Heard & Seen [Video Review]

Resident Evil: Berman & Pulcini Conjure a Satisfying Genre Throwback Studio output of the 1970s, during the golden age of New American Cinema, allowed for...

Cliff Walkers | Review

A Cliff Too Far: Yimou Navigates Tortured Times in Period Espionage Thriller Arguably the most successful and prolific of the Fifth Generation of Chinese filmmakers,...

Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse [Video Review]

Repatriate Games: Sollima & Sheridan Opt for Clear & Present Danger with Tepid Clancy Adaptation It’s so Clancy, you already know. Although we’ve seen resurgent...

Limbo | Review

Immigrant Song: The Personal is Political in Sharrock’s Quietly Sincere Portrait of Asylum Seeker The plight of the political asylum seeker is a complex situation...

Breaking

Central Park Deprive: Janicza Bravo to Direct True Crime Media Frenzied ‘Preppy’

Known for her discomfort and absurdity brand of comedy,...

Jouhatsu Junction: Humanist Vampire… Helmer Ariane Louis-Seize Picking ‘Cherry Blossoms’

Telefilm Canada have put some sizeable coin towards a...

2027 Oscars: Japan (not France) Submits Hamaguchi’s ‘All of a Sudden’ in International Feature Race

Canada submits Berlinale winner Nina Roza by Geneviève Dulude-de...
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