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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Trash | Review

Another Man’s Treasure: Daldry Revisits Themes of Childhood Lost The muted reception behind the latest film from thrice Oscar nominated director Stephen Daldry seems curious,...

The Forbidden Room | Review

Dreams! Visions! Madness!: Maddin & Johnson’s Extravagant Symphony of Silent Cinema Fantasia Those familiar with the works of auteur Guy Maddin, sometimes referred to as...

Knock Knock | Review

While We’re Young: Roth’s Revisits Grindhouse Home Invasion Genre director Eli Roth presents his first remake, Knock Knock, a rehash of a 1977 grindhouse thriller,...

Steve Jobs | Review

All About Steve: Boyle and Sorkin’s Backstage Swipe at the Tech Magnate Though it successfully usurps the ungainly 2013 film starring a miscast Ashton...

Dukhtar | Review

Not Without My Dukhtar: Nathaniel’s Debut a Sobering Drama On paper, the premise of director Afia Nathaniel’s debut, Dukhtar (Daughter), sounds like it has the...

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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...
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