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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Nicholas Bell - September 6, 2024

Juice Cocktail: Burton Revamps His First Demon There’s no way to reproduce the imaginative awe of Tim Burton’s 1988 idiosyncratic goth YA classic Beetlejuice. Or,...

Sicilian Letters (Iddu) | 2024 Venice Film Festival Review

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Nicholas Bell - September 5, 2024

Letters to Daddy: Grassadonia & Piazza Continue Their Cosa Nostra Sagas Italian directors Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza reimagine the circumstances surrounding yet another mafioso...

Diva Futura | 2024 Venice Film Festival Review

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Nicholas Bell - September 4, 2024

Erotic Stagnancy: Steigerwalt’s Depthless Approach of a Italian Porn Heyday There’s a formidably compelling subject matter at the heart of Giulia Louise Steigerwalt’s sophomore film...

The Quiet Son (Jouer avec le feu) | 2024 Venice Film Festival Review

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Nicholas Bell - September 4, 2024

Father Knows Best: The Coulin Sisters Examine the Detrimental Ripples of Fascism With their third feature, The Quiet Son, French directing duo Delphine and Muriel...

Campo di Battaglia (Battlefield) | 2024 Venice Film Festival Review

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Nicholas Bell - August 31, 2024

Down with the Sickness: Amelio Probes Wartime Ethical Dilemmas The tagline for Battlefield, the latest from Italian auteur Gianni Amelio, could very well read “You...

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