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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Tears of Gaza | Review

Suffer the Children: Causalities of War on Display in Norwegian Doc Norwegian actress and director Vibeke Løkkeberg’s latest film, Tears of Gaza, is a visceral...

The Land of Hope | TIFF 2012 Review

The Japan Syndrome: Sono Puts Human Face to Tsunami Tragedy The prolific and insanely busy Sion Sono returns with another tale centered on the aftermath...

All That Matters Is Past | TIFF 2012 Review

Weirdness In the Woods: Johnsen’s Latest an Intriguing, Complicated Love Triangle Norwegian filmmaker Sara Johnsen’s latest film, All That Matters Is Past is a curiously...

Arbitrage | Review

Margin Kill: This JareckI Went to Wall Street for an Uneven Debut Arbitrage is defined as “the simultaneous purchase and sale of the same securities,...

White Elephant | TIFF 2012 Review

Sisyphus Complex: Trapero’s Latest Argentinean Melodrama Ironically Titled Argentinean auteur Pablo Trapero returns with his latest, White Elephant, the last in what caps a trilogy...

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