Stories By Nicholas Bell
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A Man (Aru Otoko) | 2022 Venice Film Festival Review
September 1, 2022The Good Thief: Ishikawa Explores the Tenuous Reality of Identity As its elemental title suggests, Kei...
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Dirty Difficult Dangerous | 2022 Venice Film Festival Review
August 31, 2022Done Dirt Cheap: Charaf Chafes at Exploited Migrants in Scanty Drama For his sophomore film, Dirty...
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Princess | 2022 Venice Film Festival Review
August 31, 2022Grimm Fairy Tale: De Paolis’ Neo-Realist Exploration of Migrant Sex Work Brazen, Bewildering Life’s anything but...
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Peter von Kant | Review
August 30, 2022Save Your Tears for Another Day: Ozon Revels in the Camp Mystique of R.W. Fassbinder It’s...
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Funny Pages | Review
August 23, 2022Drawn That Way: Kline Makes a Mark with Singular Coming-of-Age Comedy The emphasis of form vs....
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Regra 34 (Rule 34) | 2022 Locarno Intl. Film Festival Review
August 16, 2022Cam and See: Murat Explores Pleasure Principles in Provocative Portrait “She does it for the thrill,...
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Fall (2022) | Review
August 13, 2022Why Fall to Pieces?: Mann Mines Survival Formula for Anxiety Laden B-Movie From the depths below...
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Rogue Agent | Review
August 12, 2022The Spy Who Loved My Money: Patterson & Lawn Get the Grifter in Seductive Drama Scribes...
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Piaffe | 2022 Locarno Intl. Film Festival Review
August 11, 2022Horse Girl: Oren Gets Hot to Trot in Strange, Alluring Debut What is it about horses,...
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Summering | Review
August 11, 2022The Spectacular Now & Then: Ponsoldt Taps Summertime Sadness in Coming-of-Age Drama The dog days of...