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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Criterion Collection: Phoenix | Blu-ray Review

German auteur Christian Petzold makes his bow in the esteemed Criterion collection with his outstanding seventh feature, Phoenix, which is also his sixth...

Anastasia | Blu-ray Review

Soviet import Anatole Litvak is perhaps best remembered for his significant contributions to cinema throughout the 1930s and 1940s, where he fled Germany and...

Dead Pigeon on Beethoven Street | Blu-ray Review

The 1970s was a particularly difficult period for nonconformist auteur Samuel Fuller, a director known for timeless film noirs (Pickup on South Street; House...

The Family Fang | Review

Sucked Dry: Bateman’s Portrait of Idiosyncratic Family Fails to Resonate Actor Jason Bateman makes his sophomore directorial outing with the high profile The Family Fang,...

Viva | Review

Blame it on Fidel: Breathnach Circles the Boiler Plate with LGBT Coming-of-Age Flick A Havana set coming-of-age tale concerning a young, gay hairdresser, Paddy Breathnach and...

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Interview: Jacob Tremblay, Brad Schiff, Rachelle Lambden & Tom Carey – Wildwood

Among the press and public activities at this year's...

Interview: Nelson Lowery, Deborah Cook & Brad Schiff – Wildwood

Nelson Lowry, Deborah Cook and Brad Schiff are three...

Interview: Brian McLean & Oliver Jones – Wildwood

For Wildwood, the Puppet Department led by Oliver Jones...

Fatherland | Review

Every Mann for Themselves: Pawlikowski Remains Chilly with Cold...
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