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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Adam | 2019 Outfest Los Angeles LGBTQ Film Festival Video Review

Trans Substantiate: Ernst Turns Back Time in Sincere, Flawed Trans Rom-Com “Lying is stupid and lonely,” says Margaret Qualley, a wearied queer woman towards the...

A Faithful Man | Review

He’s an Easy Lover: Garrel Leans on Influences with Fitful Love Triangle(s) Actor cum director Louis Garrel returns to a fussy triptych with his sophomore...

Here’s Lookin’ at You, Visa: Petzold Posits New Fascism on Classic WWII Novel Transit | Blu-ray Review

Christian Petzold, the shining star of Germany’s Berlin School, unveiled his most provocative narrative reclamation yet with 2018’s Transit, adapted from Anna Segher’s 1942...

Ladies They Talk About: Panahi Explores Artistic Repression in 3 Faces (2018) | Blu-ray Review

Jafar Panahi won Best Screenplay at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival for 3 Faces, his fourth feature since being banned from filmmaking by the...

The Conversation: Parasite Leads 2020 Best International Feature Film Hopefuls

With Locarno, Venice, TIFF, and San Sebastian still to come, a number of potential foreign film submissions may have yet to be unveiled, potentially....

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La grazia | Review

The Long Goodbye: Sorrentino Returns to Familiar Remembrances of...

Interview: Arab Nassar – Once Upon a Time in Gaza

Over the course of their three feature films, Gaza-born...

Interview: Tawfeek Barhom – I’m Glad You’re Dead Now (Short)

From Tarik Selah's Boy from Heaven (2022) to the...

Interview: Ali Asgari – Divine Comedy

Sometimes, in a landscape where censorship and endless approvals...
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