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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Giants Being Lonely | Review

Two Heads Are Better Than One: Patterson Paints a Teenage Wasteland in Striking Debut In the realm of arthouse cinema, the coming-of-age melodrama is but...

Slalom | Review

Slippery Slopes: Favier Blends Coming-of-Age and Sexual Assault Narrative in Chilly Debut There’s an immediate discomfort apparent in the opening act of Charlène Favier’s debut...

Every Breath You Take [Video Review]

Don’t Hold Your Breath: Stein Strains Plausibility in B Thriller Unfolding with all the believability of a science fiction film set in a parallel universe,...

Godzilla vs. Kong | Review

Gorilla in a Lizard’s Skin: Wingard Writhes in Franchise Fashion As far as franchise cinema goes, we’ve long surpassed the need to apply any but...

The Salt of Tears | Review

Love Means Never Having to Say: Garrel Continues Exploration of Love and Lust “Love ain’t nothin’ but sex misspelled,” Harlon Ellison astutely wrote, for too...

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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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