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 Conversation: The 2017 Venice & TIFF Vortex

The Conversation

Nicholas Bell - July 10, 2017

As the fall festival circuit looms, anticipation is high for a number of items expected to premiere in the fourth quarter. Following a glut...

A Ghost Story | Review

Reviews

Nicholas Bell - July 7, 2017

Voyage of Time: Lowery’s Distinctive, Elegiac Treatise on Grief, Time, and Elusive Solace Although it isn’t an actual adaptation of her short story, David Lowery’s...

The Conversation: Top 20 Best Films of 2017 So Far …

The Conversation

Nicholas Bell - July 3, 2017

At the mid-way point of 2017, the usual cinematic trends continue, with the best theatrical offerings from January through June mostly festival circuit offerings...

Sami Blood | Review

Reviews

Nicholas Bell - June 30, 2017

I Am Sami: Kernell Examines Sweden’s Colonialist History in Coming-of-Age Drama Sweden of the 1930s was not the sterling template of Scandinavian progression for which...

Okja | Review

Reviews

Nicholas Bell - June 26, 2017

That’ll Do, Pig: Joon-ho’s Latest Creature Feature Gets Stuck on Itself Following 2014’s post-apocalyptic microcosm Snowpiercer, South Korean auteur Bong Joon-ho returns to familiar territory...

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