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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Small Time | Review

Refurbished: Surnow’s Debut a Casserole of Cliché Seasoned television writer and producer Joel Surnow makes his directorial debut with Small Time, based on an autobiographical...

Proxy | Review #2

Pinch-hitting: Parker’s Latest as Surprising As it is Unwieldy With a series of continuously improving indie horror thrillers under his belt, filmmaker Zack Parker launches...

13 Sins | Review

Game On: Stamm’s Latest a B-Grade But Fun Genre Flick Director Daniel Stamm leaves behind the found footage genre for his third outing as director...

Transcendence | Review

The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes: Pfister’s Debut Oversteps Limited Reach Hopes were perhaps set a bit too high for the directorial debut of Wally Pfister,...

Philomena | Blu-ray Review

Just when you thought that Stephen Frears’ latest film, Philomena, would be yet another questionable exercise from the once generally revered auteur, (judging from...

Breaking

2027 Oscars: Austria Backs Hüller as ‘Rose’ in the Best Intl. Feature Film Category

Austria were in a bit of a pickle situation...

Train to Busan | Review

Here Comes the Train Again: Sang-ho’s Live Action Debut...
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