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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The Conversation: The Totality of Toronto (Plus 2015 TIFF Top Ten)

In the nine consecutive years I’ve attended the Toronto International Film Festival, it remains an elusive monstrosity of an event. With its hundreds of...

Maurice Pialat Retrospective: The Mouth Agape | Review

A Death in the Family: Pialat’s Subtle Masterpiece of Familial Anguish French auteur Maurice Pialat, the famed Palme d’Or winner who resisted being defined by...

The Keeping Room | Review

Ruminations: Barber’s Sophomore Effort Brings the War Home Director Daniel Barber returns with sophomore effort The Keeping Room, his first film since the Death Wish...

Parisienne (Peur de rien) | 2015 TIFF Review

A Girl in the World: Arbid’s Coming of Age Portrait Enhanced by Generous Lead French director Danielle Arbid returns with Parisienne, her first feature since...

Stonewall | Review

Hole in the Wall: Emmerich Butchers Historical Moment with Whitewashed Overcoat On June 28, 1969, a group of gay men and women took a stand...

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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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