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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Portrait of the Artist | 2015 Rendez-Vous with French Cinema Review

On My Skin: Barraud Explores the Essence of Monstrosity There are moments within Antoine Barraud’s sophomore feature Portrait of the Artist that tend to feel...

Run All Night | Review

About Last Night : Collet-Serra’s Latest Neeson Rating You may not have realized it, but while the Taken trilogy was warping its course through a series...

Home Sweet Hell | Review

Hell is Where the Home Is : Burns’ Dismally Heavy-handed Dark Comedy Playing like the crass, harebrained sister of Gone Girl’s infidelity issued ‘hell hath...

Cinderella | Review

Bippity Boppity…Boo: Branagh’s Fairy Tale for Hire Does anyone remember when Kenneth Branagh was directing superior cinematic adaptations of Shakespeare before eventually becoming the director...

The Cobbler | Review

Shoe Be Doo: McCarthy’s Magical Realism Has No Sole Actor Thomas McCarthy has developed a solid reputation as an indie film director thanks to his...

Breaking

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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