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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Bill & Ted Face the Music | Review

Songs from an Empty Room: Parisot Resurrects Beloved Slackers for Nostalgic Trilogy Capper There aren’t any nonsensical yet iconic duos from 1990s pop cinema who...

The Personal History of David Copperfield | Review

I am (re) Born: Iannucci Condenses a Dickens Masterpiece with Contemporary Aims “It’s in vain to recall the past, unless it works some influence upon...

Lingua Franca | Review

Love Language: Sandoval Paints Subtle Portrait of Tenuous Lives on the Periphery Eventually, the third film from Isabel Sandoval, Lingua Franca, should eventually serve as...

Matthias and Maxime | Review

Peas & Carrots: Dolan Gets Caught in a Bad Romance Xavier Dolan devotees will be happy to note his latest feature, the treacly melodrama Matthias...

Lighted Fools of Yesterday: The Grass Isn’t Always Greener in Sirk’s Neglected Drama “There’s Always Tomorrow” | Blu-ray Review

When one ponders the filmography of Douglas Sirk, one languishes in his successful meditation on stifled American lives in his 1950s soapy melodramas, the...

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