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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Pacifiction (Tourment sur les îles) | Review

Tropical Malady: Control is an Illusion in Serra’s Colonialist Quagmire Literally and figuratively, Pacifiction (Tourment sur les îles), the latest from the cerebral Spanish director Albert...

A Radiant Girl (Une jeune fille qui va bien) | Review

Games of Hate & Chance: Kiberlain Curates Characterization with Tragic Wartime Portrait In the eye of a swiftly gathering storm in the summer of 1942,...

Close | Review

The Children’s Hour: Dhont Explores Unspoken Realities in Masterful Drama The essence of Close, the sophomore film from Belgium’s Lukas Dhont, is akin to the...

Un beau matin (One Fine Morning) | Review

All the Mornings in the World: Seydoux Burns Bright in Hansen-Love’s Moving Drama Hannah Arendt succinctly remarked on the inference between 'doing' and 'understanding' in...

Cairo Conspiracy | Review

You Gotta Have Faith: Saleh Explores Corruption of Institutions in Procedural Thriller “Power is a double edged sword. Sometimes it cuts the hand that wields...

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