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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Aki Kaurismaki’s “The Other Side of Hope” Leads Nicholas Bell’s 2017 Berlin Intl. Film Fest Top Ten

Unfortunately, Berlinale 2017, the 67th edition of the film festival, may be remembered as something of a letdown. Although several surprises were to be...

Get Out | Review

The Souls of Black Folk: Peele's Debut Subverts the Norm in Edgy, Timely Horror Film Behold the power of genre film, a tradition of cinema...

Joaquim | 2017 Berlin International Film Festival Review

Once Upon a Time Tiradentes: Gomes Delivers Exceptional, Unique Biopic on Brazil’s Crusader of Enlightenment Brazilian director Marcelo Gomes tackles eighteenth century revolutionary Joachim Jose...

On the Beach at Night Alone | 2017 Berlin International Film Festival Review

Qualified for Love: Sangsoo Showcases Minhee in Latest Perambulation on Soju Soaked Saudade Prolific South Korean auteur Hong Sangsoo consistently unveils mannered films with marked...

Return to Montauk | 2017 Berlin International Film Festival Review

The Past is Present: Schlondorff Explores Romantic Regrets in Mismated Adaptation A key figure in the New German Wave from the mid-60s through the 1970’s,...

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Black Tea | Review

Spill the Tea: Sissako Flounders with Tepid Brew The level...

Philosopher’s Zone: Ryusuke Hamaguchi Has Virginie Efira & Tao Okamoto Exchange in ‘All of the Sudden’

Finally one Paris-based project might have leap-frogged another (Our...
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