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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Kindred | Review

Gaslight of My Life: Marcantonio Debuts a Familiar Slice of Maternal Psychodrama “She giveth life and take it away” could have been a fitting tagline...

Jungleland [Video Review]

In Like a Lion: Winkler Traces Boxer on the Struggle Bus in Familiar Melodrama If you’re going to San Francisco, there might not be anymore...

Mortal [Video Review]

From the Norse’s Mouth: Ovredal Reclaims a Cultural Asset with Unsatisfactory Results Reclaiming ownership over a reappropriated cultural facet is no easy task, especially when...

The Dark and the Wicked [Video Review]

Something Wicked This Way Runs: Bertino Gets Bleak with Rural Horror Director Bryan Bertino continues an exploration of his sinister fetish with trapping sweetly conceived...

Criterion Collection: Taste of Cherry | Blu-ray Review

It’s impossible to talk about Iranian cinema without mention of Abbas Kiarostami, the most prominent figure amongst a formidable coterie of names which rose...

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Interview: Hédi Zardi Atlas Workshop – 2026 Marrakech Film Festival

The Atlas Workshops provide artistic and professional support to...

Possible Love | Review

Blue is the Warmest Collar: Chang-dong Prepares a Touch...

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...
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