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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Anatomy of a Fall | Review

Witness for the Prosecution: Triet Beguiles with Knotty Crime Procedural Justine Triet reunites with several of her Sibyl (2019) collaborators on her best film to...

She Came to Me | Review

Guilty of Romance: Miller Weaves a Wacky and Disarmingly Charming Love Tapestry To those who think the possibilities of heartfelt romantic comedies dried up in...

Saturn Bowling | Review

Nightmare (Bowling) Alley: Mazuy Shocks with Disturbing Thriller Every once in a while, a film comes along which conceptualizes brutality so shocking and vile it...

MMXX | 2023 San Sebastián Intl. Film Festival Review

Hindsight, 20/20: Puiu Contemplates the Comedy of Crisis Mercury is most definitely in retrograde for the four principal characters in MMXX, the latest foray into...

Robe of Gems | Review

Trojan Women: Lopez Crafts Collage of Complicity in Stellar Debut For her directorial debut Robe of Gems (Manto de gemas), Natalia López Gallardo resists expectations...

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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...

2027 Oscars: ‘Everytime’, ‘Coward’ & ‘Possible Loves’ Enter International Feature Oscar Race

The International Feature Film category is only beginning to...
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