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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God’s Own Country | 2017 Sundance Film Festival Review

Gheorghe at the Farm: Lee’s Rustic Romantic Drama Hits the Requisite Notes For those who have been yearning for a less angst-ridden and more contemporary...

Family Life | 2017 Sundance Film Festival Review

Strangers When We Meet: Scherson and Jimenez Present Sibling Identity Exercise Two members of Chile’s contemporary cinema scene join forces in co-directing Family Life, an...

2017 Sundance Film Festival: Nicholas Bell’s Top 5 Most Anticipated Films

2017 promises to be another strong year for Sundance, hosting a bevy of highly anticipated titles in another formidable Premieres section, while its US...

Staying Vertical | Review

The Bipedal Advantage: Guiraudie Returns to Vaguely Pernicious Themes After his 2013 breakout success with Stranger By the Lake, a nod to France’s Hitchcockian forefather...

Train to Busan | Blu-ray Review

South Korean director Yeon Sang-ho scored a box office hit with his live action narrative debut Train to Busan, a zombie action film which...

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