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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Maladies | Review

Reviews

Nicholas Bell - March 21, 2014

Crazy, Stupid, Art: Carter’s Directorial Debut Less than the Sum of its Parts Multimedia artist Carter makes his directorial debut with Maladies, an intriguing sounding...

Divergent | Review

Reviews

Nicholas Bell - March 20, 2014

Dissatisfaction: Burger Launches the Next YA Dystopia to Unwieldy Lengths Director Neil Burger joins genre courting/sci-fi alum Andrew Niccol’s dip into the abscessed pool of...

Just a Sigh | Review

Reviews

Nicholas Bell - March 19, 2014

Brief Encounter: Bonnell’s Latest a Breezy, Gallic Affair With his fifth feature, Just a Sigh, (a butchered translation from what really should be The Time...

Blood Ties | Review

Reviews

Nicholas Bell - March 19, 2014

Blood Simple: Canet’s English Language Debut an Enjoyably Prostrate Epic For his English language debut, actor/director Guillaume Canet arrives with Blood Ties, a remake of...

Criterion Collection: The Hidden Fortress | Blu-ray Review

Disc Reviews

Nicholas Bell - March 18, 2014

Criterion re-releases Akira Kurosawa’s 1958 adventure The Hidden Fortress for a ravishing blu-ray update this month, following hot on the heels of a similar...

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