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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The Barefoot Emperor | 2019 Toronto Intl. Film Festival Review

Barefoot and Stagnant: Woodworth & Brosens Continue Their Belgian Political Satire While one doesn’t necessarily have to be readily familiar with the 2016 film King...

The Conversation: 10 Most Anticipated Films – TIFF 2019

Despite its various programming cutbacks over the past several years, TIFF remains an overwhelming buffet of juxtapositions. A marvelous chance to catch up on...

The Conversation: 10 Most Anticipated Films – Venice 2019

There’s much to be excited for in the upcoming 2019 Venice Film Festival, the 76th edition of the world’s oldest major film festival. Of...

Olivia (1951) | Review

Teacher Pets: Audry’s Lesbian Melodrama Reclaims the Spotlight in New Restoration Returning to dispel the historical erasure of queer representation in cinema is Olivia, a...

Wilder Concocts an Affair to Remember in Underrated A Foreign Affair (1948) | Blu-ray Review

One of a handful of Billy Wilder’s underrated films is the dark romantic comedy A Foreign Affair (1948), which was filmed in the bombed-out...

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Interview: Producer Tristan Scott-Behrends – Bunnylovr (Work in Progress)

In what seems to be an exploration of duality,...

Interview: Gabriel Mascaro – The Blue Trail (O Último Azul)

We have long admired the cinema of Brazilian filmmaker...
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