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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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...

Malmkrog | Review

Ollie Ollie Oligarchy: Puiu Weighs the World That Was in Long Form For what stands as his sixth narrative feature, Malmkrog, Romanian New Wave auteur...

Breaking

Lee Chang-dong – Possible Love

For his seventh feature film, Korean master filmmaker Lee...

Interview: Travis Knight – Wildwood

Among those that play the long game we could...

Interview: Peyton Elizabeth Lee – Wildwood

A half dozen years ago Peyton Elizabeth Lee moved...

Interview: Jacob Tremblay, Brad Schiff, Rachelle Lambden & Tom Carey – Wildwood

Among the press and public activities at this year's...
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