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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Maya | 2018 Toronto Intl. Film Festival Review

Maya Love is Your Love: Hansen-Love Stumbles with Sluggish Romantic Drama Following on the heels of her most widely acclaimed feature to date, 2016’s Things...

Saf | 2018 Toronto Intl. Film Festival Review

This Land is Our Land: Vatansever Presents Caustic Portrait of Urban Gentrification Politically and economically motivated displacement is at the heart of Turkish director Ali...

Angel (Un Ange) | 2018 Toronto Intl. Film Festival Review

Wheels of Desire: Mortier Breaks Silence with Funereal Portrait of Dead Celebrity It was a major punchline in Mike Nichols’ version of The Birdcage (1996)...

Where Hands Touch | 2018 Toronto Intl. Film Festival Review

I See a Dark Stranger: Asante Examines Obscured Holocaust Perspective in Anglo Period Piece British director Amma Asante rounds out a thematic trilogy of sorts...

Angelo | 2018 Toronto Intl. Film Festival Review

The Moor the Merrier: Schleinzer Returns with Incendiary Portrait of Indentured Servitude Austrian director Markus Schleinzer returns with his long-awaited sophomore film Angelo, a follow-up...

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World cinema heavyweights Mia Hansen-Love, Justine Triet and Bertrand...

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