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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Golden Youth | 2019 International Film Festival Rotterdam Review

Youth Without Youth: Ionesco Waxes and Wavers on Partying at Le Palace Writer-director Eva Ionesco returns to semi-autobiographical inspiration for her sophomore film Golden Youth...

The Magic Life of V | 2019 Sundance Film Festival Review

V for Vanquish: Hristov Showcases Role-Playing as Trauma Therapy in Intimate Doc For his seventh documentary feature, Finland’s Tonislav Hristov returns to his home country...

2019 Sundance Film Festival: Nicholas Bell’s Top 5 Most Anticipated Films

Like many of the fourth quarter 2018 film festival circuit venues (Toronto, Venice, AFI), Sundance 2019 benefits from an overstuffed foreign film market, taking...

The Heiresses (Las herederas) | Review

Inherit the Wind: Martinessi Explores Class and Desire in Impressive Character Study While they seem to have outlived their best of times, the two privileged...

Close | Review

But No Cigar: Jewson’s Bodyguard Thriller Nary Skirts the Surface of Female Agency Director Vicky Jewson continues to mine the role of women working in...

Breaking

La grazia | Review

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...

Interview: Hasan Hidi – The President’s Cake

Earlier this year, first-time filmmaker Hasan Hadi arrived in...
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