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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Green Room | Review

Music Lets the People Come Together: Saulnier’s Latest an Enjoyably Intense Thriller Director Jeremy Saulnier follows the promise of his 2013 breakout thriller Blue Ruin,...

The Conversation: Producer Paulo Branco

One of the most prolific, contemporary European art-house producers has to be Paulo Branco, who has been fostering considerable auteur driven fare since 1975,...

One More Time | Review

Begin Again: Edwards’ Satisfying Sophomore Film Utilizes Walken Thanks to the overwhelming trend of quirk, cliché, or contrivance evident in most American indie offerings (whether...

The Boss | Review

She’s a Hustla, Baby: Falcone and McCarthy Sew Themselves a Silly Badge Melissa McCarthy arrives as a perpetually turtle-necked, foul mouthed CEO with abandonment issues...

The Sicilian (Director’s Cut) | Blu-Ray Review

Conversations on the intense and onerous auteur Michael Cimino tend to target his earlier career, particularly his iconic sophomore film The Deer Hunter (1978)...

Breaking

Lee Chang-dong – Possible Love

For his seventh feature film, Korean master filmmaker Lee...

Interview: Travis Knight – Wildwood

Among those that play the long game we could...

Interview: Peyton Elizabeth Lee – Wildwood

A half dozen years ago Peyton Elizabeth Lee moved...

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

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