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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2014 Sundance “Trading Cards” Series: #4. Mauricio Zacharias (Love is Strange)

Nicholas Bell: Name me three of your favorite “2013 discoveries”... Mauricio Zacharias: Machu Picchu and Pre-Columbian architecture. Brazilian film “O Som Ao Redor” (Neighboring Sounds),...

In Bloom | Review

An Early Frost: Ekvtimishvili & Grob’s Debut a Memoir in Neorealism The Georgian entry for 2014’s Best Foreign Language Film, In Bloom is the directorial...

Cold Comes the Night | Review

Into That Cold Night: Chun’s Sophomore Feature a Likeable Effort You’re going to have to look past the unfortunate poster art for Cold Comes the...

Black Coffee | Review

Coffee Mate: Harris’s Latest a Heavy-handed, Yet Welcome Reprieve from the Norm A professed self-taught filmmaker, director Mark Harris’ latest film, Black Coffee, exudes a...

Open Grave | Review

Don’t Fear the Reaper: Lopez-Gallego and the Search for Substance In 2011, some may recall a found footage moon expedition thriller called Apollo 18, the...

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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