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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Yelling to the Sky | Review

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Nicholas Bell - December 14, 2012

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

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Nicholas Bell - December 12, 2012

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...

Cheerful Weather for the Wedding | Review

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Nicholas Bell - December 7, 2012

Cloudy With a Chance of Strain: Rice’s Debut a Sweet Coated Flimsy For his directorial debut, Donald Rice adapts a 1932 novella written by Julia...

Sahkanaga | Review

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Nicholas Bell - December 6, 2012

Body Works: Summerour’s Quiet Reimagining of Notable Scandal an Ambivalent Mix For his directorial debut, John Henry Summerour fictionalizes a decade old account of a...

In Our Nature | Review

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Nicholas Bell - December 5, 2012

Forces of Nurture: Savelson’s Debut an Understated Ensemble of Well Tread Angst For his feature film debut, Brian Savelson has acquired an impressive four person...

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