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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The Student | Review

Class Act: Serebrennikov Illustrates the Perils of Fundamentalism Kirill Serebrennikov, one of several rising auteurs from Russia’s troubling political regime, reaches his widest platform yet...

Criterion Collection: Buena Vista Social Club | Blu-ray Review

The name Buena Vista Social Club is a recycled moniker, one which has acquired several layers of cultural resonance since it became absorbed into...

Anatahan (1953) | Blu-ray Review

In one of the distributor’s most exciting unveilings of 2017, Kino Lorber re-released Josef Von Sternberg’s obscure final film Anatahan (1953) in early February....

The Conversation: Courting Quinzaine

Following last week’s announcement of the main competition program, all eyes are now focused on Edouard Waintrop’s selection for the 2017 Directors' Fortnight (April...

The Fate of the Furious | Review

Fated Attraction: Gray Delivers the Expected in Mind Numbing Franchise Entry Following the box office success of 2015’s Straight Outta Compton, his most relevant in...

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Sauna | Review

Love Me If You Dare: Broe Explores Love in...

Interview: Alireza Khatami – The Things You Kill

For his second feature film, Toronto-based Alireza Khatami tackles...

Sirat | Review

A Bridge Too Far: Laxe Enters the Zone “The Zone...
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