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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Criterion Collection: Tampopo | Blu-ray Review

Perhaps the first and most apt film deserving of the categorization known as ‘food porn,’ Juzo Itami’s hit sophomore film Tampopo receives a lush...

Paris 05:59: Théo & Hugo | Blu-ray Review

Premiering at the 2016 Berlin International Film Festival, Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau’s Paris 05:59: Théo & Hugo received a limited theatrical release in January...

Ice Mother |2017 Tribeca Film Festival Review

All That Weather Allows: Slama Formulates Empathetic Character Drama from Microwaved Melodrama Taking a page from a formula established by Douglas Sirk’s classic soapy melodrama...

The Endless | Tribeca Film Festival Review

Circles in the Sand: Benson & Moorhead Latest Low-Fi Genre Hybrid another Mixed Bag For a film as fascinated with notions of differentiation as The...

The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Maki | Review

On a Black and White Day You Can See Forever: Kuosmanen Pleasantly Upends Expectations with Debut Dressed up as a historical biopic of Finnish boxer...

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Interview: Ariane Labed – September Says

A pivotal figure in the Greek Weird Wave, Ariane...

Interview: Jessica Palud – Being Maria

In 2018, political journalist and writer Vanessa Schneider released...

Interview: Sarah Friedland & Kathleen Chalfant – Familiar Touch

A work-in-progress participant at the 2023 American Film Festival...
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