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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Donald Cried | Review

Escapes of Time and Memory: Avedisian’s Debut and the Cinema of Discomfort Director Kris Avedisian wants to make you feel repulsed and uncomfortable in his...

The Shack | Review

Papa Does Preach: Hazeldine Adapts Heavy-handed Religious Melodrama For his sophomore directorial effort, Stuart Hazeldine helms The Shack, an adaptation of the successful novel by...

Wolves | Review

Wolf Like Me: Freundlich Returns to Familial Angst with Latest Drama Director  unveils his first theatrical release in seven years with Wolves (which premiered at...

Criterion Collection: The Before Trilogy | Blu-Ray Review

The cornerstone of Richard Linklater’s filmography (no, not Boyhood) finally assumes a space in the Criterion Collection, the auteur now proliferating the label with...

Moonlight | Blu-Ray Review

Following the most bizarre awards show snafu ever, (after presenters Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway flubbed the Best Picture honor when they announced the...

Breaking

The Shrouds | Review

Death Be Not Shroud: Cronenberg Hits Dead Ends in...

2025 Cannes Critics’ Week: Laura Wandel Opener, Guillermo Galoe & Shih-Ching Tsou in Comp

Playground's Laura Wandel's highly anticipated sophomore feature L'intérêt d'Adam...
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