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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A Ghost Story | Review

Voyage of Time: Lowery’s Distinctive, Elegiac Treatise on Grief, Time, and Elusive Solace Although it isn’t an actual adaptation of her short story, David Lowery’s...

The Conversation: Top 20 Best Films of 2017 So Far …

At the mid-way point of 2017, the usual cinematic trends continue, with the best theatrical offerings from January through June mostly festival circuit offerings...

Sami Blood | Review

I Am Sami: Kernell Examines Sweden’s Colonialist History in Coming-of-Age Drama Sweden of the 1930s was not the sterling template of Scandinavian progression for which...

Okja | Review

That’ll Do, Pig: Joon-ho’s Latest Creature Feature Gets Stuck on Itself Following 2014’s post-apocalyptic microcosm Snowpiercer, South Korean auteur Bong Joon-ho returns to familiar territory...

The Beguiled | Review

The Last Seduction: Coppola Eschews Subtext with High Profile Remake Claiming to be a closer adaptation to Thomas Cullinan’s 1966 novel than the famed 1971...

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Interview: Akinola Davies Jr. – My Father’s Shadow

Before he began his maiden voyage into Cannes (being...

2025 André Bazin Prize: Louise Hémon’s ‘The Girl in the Snow’ (L’Engloutie) Wins

Selected for this year's Directors' Fortnight, Louise Hémon's The...

Interview: Morad Mostafa – Aisha Can’t Fly Away

Part of a new wave of Egyptian filmmakers testing...
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