Stories By Nicholas Bell
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Reviews
3000 Nights | 2015 TIFF Review
September 12, 2015Samaritan Subterfuge: Masri’s Aggrandized Portrait of Political Metaphor Portraits of women-in-prison have a long winding history...
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Reviews
The Danish Girl | 2015 TIFF Review
September 12, 2015Danish Modern: Hooper’s Painterly Costume Drama Mounted on a Glossy Stage Much as last year’s The...
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Urban Hymn | 2015 TIFF Review
September 11, 2015Can a Song Save Your Life?: Caton-Jones’ Modest Return to Filmmaking Scottish film director Michael Caton-Jones...
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Un plus Une | 2015 TIFF Review
September 11, 2015Passage Over India: Lelouch’s Romantic Dramedy an Overstuffed Pilgrimage French auteur Claude Lelouch, now well into...
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Reviews
The Visit | Review
September 10, 2015Home is Where the Hacker Is: Shyamalan’s Return to Entertaining Cinema In many ways, The Visit,...
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Reviews
Time Out of Mind | Review
September 9, 2015Time to Time: Moverman’s Austere Portrait of Homelessness There’s a deliberate soul-crushing methodology to Oren Moverman’s...
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Sleeping with Other People | Review
September 9, 2015Other People’s Mousetraps: Headland Heads to Romcom One of the most acerbically hilarious new voices in...
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Goodnight Mommy | Review
September 9, 2015Mom Without a Face: Fiala/Franz’s Fiction Debut a Mesmerizing Slice of Psychological Horror Once you’re made...
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Disc Reviews
The Editor | Blu-ray Review
September 8, 2015Directors Adam Brooks and Matthew Kennedy, two of the five partners from the Canadian film production...
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Disc Reviews
Criterion Collection: Dressed to Kill | Blu-ray Review
September 8, 2015Criterion beautifully restores Brian De Palma’s early masterpiece, Dressed to Kill, his 1980 title often lumped...