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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Child of God | Review

Requiem for a Cave Man: Franco’s McCarthy Adaptation Displays Growth On a similar directorial trajectory as, let’s say, Joe Swanberg, where quality vs. quantity tends...

The Almost Man | Review

Growing Pains: Lund’s Debut a Gem of Behavioral Regression The long hard road to growing up and accepting responsibility takes the center stage in Martin...

Separate Tables | Blu-ray Review

Playwright and screenwriter Terence Rattigan was an indubitable influence on mid-century British cinema. He authored several of the era’s most notable titles, including The...

Criterion Collection: Insomnia | Blu-ray Review

Erik Skjoldbjaerg’s 1997 directorial debut, Insomnia is a prescient prototype of what would now be termed Nordic Noir in today’s global film market. At...

Very Good Girls | Review

The Boyfriend Experience: Foner’s Directorial Debut a Derivative Shard Screenwriter Naomi Foner makes her directorial debut with Very Good Girls, though her preceding reputation...

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