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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Best of 2014: Nicholas Bell’s Top 20 (Picks 20-11)

As seems to be the usual case, many of my top 2014 theatrical releases were actually 2013 titles I caught on the festival circuit...

Li’l Quinquin | Review

Life of Quinquin: Dumont’s Foray into Miniseries Format Filled with His Brand of Peculiar Humor Provocative auteur Bruno Dumont lets loose his comedic side with...

Rec 4: Apocalypse | Review

Wreckollect: Balaguero Returns to Famed Franchise for Gasping Final Chapter The good news is that we’ve probably seen the last creative juice finally squeezed out...

A Most Violent Year | Review

Year of Living Stressfully: Chandor Returns with Slow-Boil Scald Baby, it may be cold outside, but the climate’s sure changing in J.C. Chandor’s flashback to...

App | DVD Review

Receiving a healthy domestic release in native Netherlands and released stateside by RAM Releasing last May, with limited festival play before it (it did...

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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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