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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Day of Anger | Blu-ray Review

In the enduring, boundless shadow of Sergio Leone’s legacy, a deluge of neglected and forgotten Italian genre titles languish undeservedly, ready for rediscovery. Arrow...

If You Don’t, I Will | DVD Review

For her fifth feature, If You Don’t, I Will, director Sophie Fillieres reunites with star Emmanuelle Devos to document the wistful disintegration of a...

Ex Machina | Review

Imitation Game: Garland’ s Compelling Debut Explores Human’s Technological Hubris Excitingly presented and intelligently written, screenwriter Alex Garland’s directorial debut Ex Machina is certainly one...

The Harvest | Review

Harvest Home: McNaughton’s Return Yields Blighted Crop Fans of director John McNaughton, known for his gruesome cult classic Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1990),...

Boychoir | Review

The Angels' Share: Girard’s Musical Drama a Conventional Return Quebecois filmmaker Francois Girard returns from a near decade long hiatus with Boychoir, his first cinematic...

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Central Park Deprive: Janicza Bravo to Direct True Crime Media Frenzied ‘Preppy’

Known for her discomfort and absurdity brand of comedy,...

Jouhatsu Junction: Humanist Vampire… Helmer Ariane Louis-Seize Picking ‘Cherry Blossoms’

Telefilm Canada have put some sizeable coin towards a...

2027 Oscars: Japan (not France) Submits Hamaguchi’s ‘All of a Sudden’ in International Feature Race

Canada submits Berlinale winner Nina Roza by Geneviève Dulude-de...
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