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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Forever and a Day | Blu-ray Review

What may be most surprising about Katja von Garnier’s music doc Forever and a Day, a contemporary portrait of iconic hard rock/heavy metal German...

The Captive City | Blu-ray Review

Two obscure Robert Wise titles reach Blu-ray release this month, both direct follow-ups to some of the auteur’s more iconic works. First up is...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2016: #92. Pat Mills’ Don’t Talk to Irene

Don't Talk to Irene Director: Pat Mills Writer: Pat Mills Writer/director Pat Mills was one of our favorite discoveries out of 2014 following the premiere of his...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2016: #93. Hagar Ben Asher’s The Burglar

The Burglar Director: Hagar Ben Asher Writer: Hagar Ben Asher Actress turned director Hagar Ben Asher’s first film, The Slut (2011) premiered at Cannes  and went onto...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2016: #94. Kim Jee-woon’s Secret Agent

Secret Agent Director: Kim Jee-woon Writer(s): TBA. Kim Jee-woon returns to South Korea following his 2013 Arnold Schwarzeneggar English language debut The Last Stand. He reunites with...

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Interview: Hédi Zardi Atlas Workshop – 2026 Marrakech Film Festival

The Atlas Workshops provide artistic and professional support to...

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...
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