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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Sick, Sick, Sick | 2019 Cannes Film Festival Review

Lover, Come Back: Furtado Hearts Hemoglobin in Sinister Debut The heart is a lonely killer in Brazilian director Alice Furtado’s apprehensive narrative debut Sick, Sick,...

Parasite | 2019 Cannes Film Festival Review

A Judgement in Stone: Joon ho Tackles Privilege in Black Comedy Strident class disparities in South Korea provide Bong Joon-ho with a novel approach to...

The Orphanage | 2019 Cannes Film Festival Review

Back in the U.S.S.R.: Sadat Goes Back to Soviet-Ruled Afghanistan in Amiable Sophomore Film Following the success of her celebrated 2016 debut, Wolf and Sheep,...

Heroes Don’t Die | 2019 Cannes Film Festival Review

Crimes of the Heart: Rapin Explores Mediums as Remembrance with Inquisitive Debut The idea of reincarnation was once a virulent staple of American genre films,...

The Unknown Saint | 2019 Cannes Film Festival Review

Gimme the Loot: Money is the Root of Good and Evil in Aljem’s Debut Love the sinner and not the sin seems to be the...

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Central Park Deprive: Janicza Bravo to Direct True Crime Media Frenzied ‘Preppy’

Known for her discomfort and absurdity brand of comedy,...

Jouhatsu Junction: Humanist Vampire… Helmer Ariane Louis-Seize Picking ‘Cherry Blossoms’

Telefilm Canada have put some sizeable coin towards a...

2027 Oscars: Japan (not France) Submits Hamaguchi’s ‘All of a Sudden’ in International Feature Race

Canada submits Berlinale winner Nina Roza by Geneviève Dulude-de...
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