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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Teodora Sinner | Review

For her second documentary feature (and first solo), Anca Hirte gives us an intimate look at cloistered Romanian nuns in Teodora Sinner, an exercise...

2013 Sundance Film Fest: Quality offerings from Larrain, Nichols, Wheatley and Polley for Spotlight Program

Sundance announced it's Spotlight program selections today, which consists of plum titles that have enjoyed prestigious premieres at other festivals from the year before....

2013 Indie Spirit Noms Breakdown: Surprise Nominations and Starlet Win

Before you can take a breath after the Gotham awards, the Independent Spirit Award nominations have rolled out (here's the official list), and not...

California Solo | Review

California Dreamin’: Lewy Taps Carlyle for Understated Character Study For his sophomore feature, director Marshall Lewy brings Robert Carlyle back to the big screen for...

Criterion Collection: Trilogy of Life Blu-Ray

His life tragically and brutally cut short by a still unknown assassin, Italian auteur Pier Paolo Pasolini’s last completed project, known as the Trilogy...

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The Voice of Hind Rajab | Review

In a Child’s Name: Ben Hania’s Grueling Portrait of...

Interview: Óliver Laxe – Sirāt (2025 Marrakech International Film Festival)

Óliver Laxe has been on a whirlwind promotional tour...

Interview: Akinola Davies Jr. – My Father’s Shadow

Before he began his maiden voyage into Cannes (being...
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