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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Land | Review

Sentimental Divide: Wright Weds Wilderness in Compassionate Debut on Grief “Things do not change; we change,” is one of many eloquent statements from Thoreau’s eternal...

French Exit | Review

You’ll Like My Mother: Jacobs Finds Pfeiffer in Eccentric Dangerous Liaison Director Azazel Jacobs presents his most lavish offering to date with fourth feature French...

Bliss [Video Review]

Come On, Get Happy: Cahill Finds Love in a Phoney Place with Simulation Sci-Fi Director Mike Cahill has depended upon a higher degree of suspension...

The North Wind | 2021 IFFR Review

Go for Baroque: Litvinova Invokes Her Muses in a Delicious Feast of Opulent Visuals “Nobody loves anybody and no one is happy,” remarks the matriarchal...

Malcolm & Marie | Review

Charge of the Gaslight Brigade: Levinson Gilds the Surface of Solipsism in Schizophrenic Drama There’s really nothing black and white about the revolving histrionics between...

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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