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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A House of Dynamite | Review

On a Nuclear Day You Can See Forever: Bigelow’s Living in a Powder-keg, Giving Off Sparks With the doomsday clock adjusted to eighty-nine seconds to...

The Ice Tower (La Tour de Glace) | Review

Hearts of Glass: Hadžihalilović Casts a Wintry Spell A chilly scene of winter unfolds in La Tour de Glace (The Ice Tower) at a glacial...

The Smashing Machine | Review

Raging Lull: Safdie Pays Homage to a Trailblazer The ultimate purpose of The Smashing Machine, the latest film from Benny Safdie, is to give credit...

Another End | Review

The Power of Goodbye: Messina Gets Maudlin with Future Grief The devil’s unfortunately absent in the details of Another End, a conceptual science fiction melodrama...

The History of Sound | Review

One Sings, the Other Doesn’t: Hermanus Plays a Tune for the Broken Hearted “Happiness doesn’t tell stories,” is a sage observation uttered in The History...

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Interview: Laura Wandel – Adam’s Sake (L’Intérêt d’Adam)

For her sophomore feature, Belgian filmmaker Laura Wandel continues...

Interview: Boris Lojkine – Souleymane’s Story

After winning the Un Certain Regard Jury Prize and...

The Testament of Ann Lee | Review

Shake It Up: Fastvold Envisions the Life’s Work of...
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