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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Escobar: Paradise Lost | Review

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Nicholas Bell - June 25, 2015

Drug War Diaries: Di Stefano’s Peripheral Take on Famed Drug Lord’s Activities For those wishing to learn much of anything about famed Colombian drug lord...

The Little Death | Review

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Nicholas Bell - June 24, 2015

Lust, Actually: Lawson’s Sexually Charged Debut Struggles with What Women Want Taking home the audience prize at the 2015 SXSW Film Festival, Australian director Josh...

Creep | Review

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Nicholas Bell - June 23, 2015

People Are Strange: Brice’s Debut Retools Found Footage for Ordinary Madness Available on demand at the same time as his Sundance darling sophomore feature The...