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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Black Panther | Review

Black Cat, Nine Lives: Coogler Clocks a Milestone with Exemplary Marvel Rare is the opportunity to be surprised by anything studio related in mainstream American...

The Conversation: Top 5 Most Anticipated 2018 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Offerings

On the surface, the competition lineup for Berlin 2018 seems demurer than the past several years. With the exception of the Wes Anderson opener...

The 15:17 to Paris | Review

Terror Train: Eastwood Monotonously Mulls an Act of Heroism in Failed Experiment For evidence of why narrative filmmaking is generally assisted by the designation of...

Through the Looking Glass – The Top 50 Foreign Films of 2019: #5 to #1

#5. Nicolas Roeg’s The 7th Magpie This past autumn, famed British auteur Nicolas Roeg began collecting financing for his first feature since 2007’s Puffball: The...

Through the Looking Glass – The Top 50 Foreign Films of 2019: Picks #10 to #6

#10. Pablo Aguero’s Witches’ Sabbath Argentinean director Pablo Aguero broke out with his third feature Eva Doesn’t Sleep in 2015, which featured Gael Garcia Bernal...

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Paper Tiger | Review

In the Forests of the Night: Gray Frames Fearful...

TheyDream | Review

Frames That Mend: Caballero Unevenly Probes Puerto Rican Family...

The Devils (1971) | Review

Sympathy for The Devils: The Suppression of Ken Russell’s...

Ken Russell’s The Devils – 2010 Fantasia International Film Festival

Iconic director Ken Russell was in town to receive a lifetime achievement award from Fantasia for his 50-plus years in the business, a career that has spawned many genre classics including Altered States, Gothic, and The Lair of the White Worm. But it was the little-seen and hard to find The Devils from 1971 that proved to be Russell's most controversial work, and Fantasia managed to snag a copy to be screened on Russell's big night. In the video, Russell discusses the true story behind the film and receives his award with the grace befitting one of the great filmmakers of all time.
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