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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Criterion Collection: Limelight | Blu-ray Review

Though he would actually direct other features, including the ill received 1967 A Countess From Hong Kong, wherein Marlon Brando decided to be a...

I Believe In Unicorns | Review

Oh Them Silly Unicorns: Meyerhoff’s Coming of Age Debut Prizes Style Over Substance Director Leah Meyerhoff most effectively conveys the nature of her debut film,...

The Japanese Dog | Review

Echoes of Autumn: Jurgiu’s Understated Debut Tender, Unmemorable Inevitably, it’s difficult to consider the merits of Romanian director Tudor Cristian Jurgiu’s directorial debut The Japanese...

Love at First Fight | Review

Once Bitten: Cailley’s Unique Exploration of Summer Lovin’ Since premiering at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, where it picked up the FIPRESCI Prize in the...

Chronic | 2015 Cannes Film Festival Review

Prognosis Negative: Franco’s English Language Dance with Death After winning the Un Certain Regard Award for his 2012 sophomore feature After Lucia, Mexican director Michel...

Breaking

Silent Friend | Review

Allegory of the Tree: Enyedi’s Masterful Meditation on Human...

IONCINEPHILE of the Month: Lucia Aleñar Iglesias (Forastera)

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