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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1BR | Review

Cult Gestalt: Marmor Explores Urban Horrors in Efficient Debut There’s apparently more than one way to define rent control, at least as suggested by David...

Margarethe von Trotta: Interviews (Conversations with Filmmakers Series) | Book Review

For its Conversation with Filmmakers Studies series, the University Press of Mississippi has provided a volume of interviews curated to reflect the influences and...

William Friedkin: Interviews (Conversations with Filmmakers Series) | Book Review

For its Film Studies series, the University Press of Mississippi has provided a volume of interviews curated to reflect the influences and accomplishments of...

Paul Verhoeven: Interviews (Conversations with Filmmakers Series) | Book Review

Margaret Barton-Fumo, who has interviewed an illustrious coterie of renowned international auteurs throughout her career (including genre stalwarts like Brian De Palma and idiosyncratic...

Bad Education | Review

A Touch of Class: Finley Explores Famed Embezzlement Scandal Director Cory Finley revisits one of the education system’s most notorious scandals in Bad Education, an...

Breaking

Interview: Siyou Tan – Amoeba (2025)

The official mascot of Singapore represents a visual melting...

Interview: Zamo Mkhwanazi – Laundry (2025)

Rooted in an observational, character-driven approach, Zamo Mkhwanazi's work...

Interview: Kaouther Ben Hania – The Voice of Hind Rajab

When I was actively watching Kaouther Ben Hania’s devastating...
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