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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Nicholas Bell’s Top Ten Unreleased Films of 2012: Picks 10 to 6 includes Sigarev’s Living & Jude’s Everybody In Our Family

#10. Living – Dir. Vasili Sigarev (Russia) Premiering at the 2012 Rotterdam Film Festival, this sophomore effort from Vasili Sigarev is, of course, ironically titled,...

West of Memphis | Review

Witch Trials Reborn: Berg’s Comprehensive Doc a Compelling Achievement Amy Berg, Oscar nominated director for her first directorial effort, Deliver Us From Evil, returns with...

Criterion Collection: Following | DVD Review

Over the last decade, Christopher Nolan has established himself as one of the most noteworthy mainstream directors working in the industry, mostly due to...

Yelling to the Sky | Review

Shout It Out: Mahoney’s Debut an Uneasy Mix of Style Over Substance It’s not quite accurate to call Victoria Mahoney’s directorial and screenwriting debut, Yelling...

How to Survive a Plague | Review

A Hitchhiker’s Guide: France’s Documentary a Masterful Ode to AIDS Activism By focusing on the birth of the Activist group ACT UP in 1987, when...

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2025 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 10 – Saeed Roustayi’s ‘Woman and Child’

Iranian filmmaker Saeed Roustaee (also spelled Saeed Roustayi -...

Resurrection | 2025 Cannes Film Festival Review

In Dreams: Gan Explores a Century of the Cinematic...

Woman and Child | 2025 Cannes Film Festival Review

All the Regime Allows: Roustaee Finds a Woman Scorned If...

Caravan | 2025 Cannes Film Festival Review

All About My Martyr: Kirchnerová’s Debut Finds the Journey...
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