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 Conversation: Bring Forth Berlin (Possible Contenders for the Competition)

As has been the Berlinale’s custom of years past, several early competition titles have been confirmed along with the 2019 opener, Lone Scherfig’s The...

The Conversation: Top 10 American Indie Filmmakers Missing in Action (Class of ’18)

Following up on our 2018 edition of international directors who have been missing in action for five years or more, we turn to a...

Destroyer | Review

Sabotage Triage: Kusama and Kidman Break the Bank in Riveting Revenge Thriller Robert Burns’ eternal line “The best laid schemes o’ Mice an’ Men/Gang aft...

Cold War | Review

The Most Important Thing is to Love: Pawlikowski Delivers Beautifully Wrought, Chilly Amour Fou Polish auteur Pawel Pawlikowski has had a curious trek to international...

Criterion Collection: The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) | Blu-ray Review

As with almost all of Orson Welles’ filmography following the monolithic precedence established his 1941 debut Citizen Kane, it’s impossible not to deliberate on...

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Caught by the Tides | Review

The Tide is High: Zhangke Splices Thwarted Romance Across...

Black Tea | Review

Spill the Tea: Sissako Flounders with Tepid Brew The level...
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