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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Greed | Review

In a Rich Man’s World: Winterbottom Wobbles with Elementary Satire Perennial British filmmaker Michael Winterbottom, who has presented a number of different narratives across...

All the Dead Ones | 2020 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review

Turn and Face the Strange: Caetano & Gotardo Navigate Displacement in Stellar Period Piece The tagline for George Cukor’s 1939 classic The Women read “It’s...

The Assistant | 2020 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review

Executive Suite: Green Metes Modern Monsters in Narrative Debut  Documentarian Kitty Green (last on hand with her unique memory tapestry Casting JonBenet, 2017) moves into...

Hidden Away | 2020 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review

Painter Man: Diritti Resurrects Famed Italian Artist Italian director Giorgio Diritti presents his first film in seven years with Hidden Away, a biopic on famed...

One of These Days | 2020 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review

Hands of Fate: Gunther Paints Compelling Portrait of Pride and Poverty German born director Bastian Günther returns to the other side of his dual citizenship...

Breaking

2026 Oscars: The Golden Globe Six Among the International Feature Shortlist

The Oscars have announced the shortlists in 12 categories...

Interview: Ntobeko Sishi – Laundry (2025)

We first became aware of South Africa filmmaker Zamo...

Interview: Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme

Marty Supreme marks a new evolution in the work...
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