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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Meadowland | Review

Downward Slopes: Morano’s Debut of Downtrodden Beats Cinematographer Reed Morano (The Skeleton Twins; Kill Your Darlings) makes her directorial debut with Meadowland, an increasingly cheerless...

Jane B. par Agnes V. | Varda Retrospective Review

She’s Not There: Varda’s Lovely, Refracted Portrait of Iconic Birkin The other obscure Agnes Varda title treated to a digital restoration courtesy of Cinelicious Pics...

Kung Fu Master! (Le petit amour) | Varda Retrospective Review

Oedipus at the Arcade: Varda’s Empathetic Exploration of Taboo Invariably, most conversations concerning Agnes Varda, the sole female auteur amongst the prized clutch of men...

Crimson Peak | Review

The Fall of the House of Cushing: Del Toro’s Haunted House Thriller Strangled by Frills There’s much to admire within the crumbling facades of Guillermo...

Under Electric Clouds | Review

Syndromes and a Century: German Jr.’s Existentialist State of Things Aleksey German Jr., son of famed Russian auteur Aleksey German, comes into his own prominence...

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IONCINEPHILE of the Month: Lucia Aleñar Iglesias (Forastera)

IONCINEMA.com’s IONCINEPHILE of the Month highlights an emerging talent...

Only the Lonely: Ulrich Seidl Travels to Dark Tourism Places with ‘Distances’

The folks art Cineuropa are giving us a major...

History Repeating Itself: Magnus von Horn Train Hops with Jeremy Strong in ‘The Passenger’

Hopefully at some point it'll lose the over-used, generic...

2026 Rathaus Film Grant Winners: Paisley Sutton, Rachel Debolski & Bree Gant

Rathaus Films have announced the winners of the third...
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