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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Embrace of the Serpent | Review

Hearts of Darkness: Guerra’s Exceptional Exploration of Ruinous Colonialization Colombian director Ciro Guerra charts an enigmatic narrative of parallel odysseys through the Amazon with his...

You’ll Never Be Alone | 2016 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review

A Lonely Way to Die: Anwandter Explores the Elements of a Hate Crime The 2012 murder of openly gay Chilean Daniel Zamudio provides the basis...

Criterion Collection: Death by Hanging | Blu-ray Review

Before he would come to be known as one of cinema’s most controversial provocateurs with his most infamous title, 1976’s In the Realm of...

War on Everyone | 2016 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review

Let’s Be Bad Cops: McDonagh’s U.S. Visit an Overworked Episode Director John Michael McDonagh makes his first foray to the US with third feature, War...

Lily Lane | 2016 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review

Over the River and Through the Woods: Fliegauf Explores Intimate Portrait of Abuse Cycles Hungarian auteur Bence Fliegauf returns with his first film since 2012’s...

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Possible Love | Review

Blue is the Warmest Collar: Chang-dong Prepares a Touch...

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...
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