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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Incitement | Review

Histories of Violence: Zilberman Revisits the Tempest of Infamous Assassination Now over twenty years removed from the circumstances which led to the assassination of Israeli...

Come to Daddy | Review

Father of Mine: Timpson Paints Pastiche with Peculiar Debut While he assembles all the requisite elements for what promises to be a throwback to the...

Criterion Collection: All About My Mother (1999) | Blu-ray Review

Pedro Almodóvar’s most exquisitely dramatic and compassionate film All About My Mother arrived in the final year of the last century, a supercharged queer...

Charter | 2020 Sundance Film Festival Review

The Custody of Love: Kernell Returns with Emotionally Wrought Portrait of a Mother’s Love Consider the standard, universally familiar (i.e., acceptable) narrative of fathers who...

High Tide | 2020 Sundance Film Festival Review

The Moon in the Gutter: Chen Turns Tables in Taut Character Study Argentina’s Veronica Chen adds to the annals of violent amour fou with her...

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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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