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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Colors | Blu-ray Review

Trying to make a film like Colors (1988) today, told as it is from the privileged perspective of two white heterosexual beat cops fighting...

The Delinquents | Blu-ray Review

While Robert Altman is revered as the most prominent figure amongst the auteurs of the 1970s New American Cinema, he actually began his directorial...

Bleak Street | DVD Review

“Let’s drink and hate everything and everyone,” mutters one bedraggled prostitute to another in Mexican auteur Arturo Ripstein’s latest masterpiece, Bleak Street, a tale...

The Conversation: Producer Megan Ellison

Producer Megan Ellison quickly ascended the ranks as of the most notable and recognizable US film producers over the last decade, working with a...

Ghost in the Shell | Review

Dispirited Away: Sanders Succeeds with Somber Live-Action Remake of Cult Manga The essence of Masamune Shirow’s 1989 cult manga Ghost in the Shell automatically lends...

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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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