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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The Human Voice | Review

Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?: Almodovar Finds a Talking Cure in Lavish Short In more ways than one, Pedro Almodóvar tackling an adaptation...

Next Door | 2021 Berlin International Film Festival Review

Neighbor Labor: Brühl Gruels Through Interesting Scenario, Banal Characters in Debut Gentrification is supposedly the thrust of Next Door, Daniel Brühl’s directorial debut which showcases...

Introduction | 2021 Berlin International Film Festival Review

Prelude Mood: Sangsoo Explores Familiar Themes with Droll Snippets What might one make of Hong Sang-soo if Introduction was their first experience with the perennial...

I’m Your Man | 2021 Berlin International Film Festival Review

The Girl and the Robot: Schrader Wows with Exceptional Exploration of Love, or Something Like It Harlan Ellison memorably titled a collection of short stories,...

Natural Light | 2021 Berlin International Film Festival Review

In the Fog: No Light at the End of the War Tunnel in Nagy’s Grim Debut Following in the well-grooved footsteps of many notable Euro...

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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