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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Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk | Review

Walk the Line: Lee’s Technological Prowess Yearns for More Than Earnest Wartime Narrative Can Deliver For his first venture since 2012 Oscar winner Life of...

Hunter Gatherer | Review

Happy-Go-Lucky: Locy’s Odd, High-Spirited Portrait of a Scam Artist A mere glance at the extensive list of executive producers (which includes David Gordon Green, Jody...

The Conversation: Top 10 World Cinema Filmmakers Missing in Action (Class of 2016)

Following on the heels of our list of US directors who’ve been AWOL for the past five years or more, we highlight ten international...

Elle | Review

Losing Her Religion: Verhoeven Directs a Fearless Huppert in Provocative Psychological Thriller Arriving with a knotty snarl of perverse commentary, Dutch auteur Paul Verhoeven proves...

Arrival | Review

Future Perfect: Villeneuve Crafts a Poetic Close Encounter Using language and communication as a fertile metaphor, Denis Villeneuve situates complex ideas into streamlined composition with...

Breaking

The Most Precious Of Cargoes | Review

The Zone of Disinterest: Hazanavicius Reanimates the Holocaust in...

Romería | Review

Blood Relatives: Simon Treads Familiar Water with Continued Autofiction After...
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