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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Review: Corman’s World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel

"With her feature debut, Corman’s World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel, director Alex Stapleton brings us a fascinating and superbly endearing portrait of an overlooked artist and a man whose significance to modern day Hollywood is unmistakable."

Corman’s World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel | Review

The King of the B’s gets an A documentary.

Review: Cook County

"What bogs down Cook County beyond repair is an undeniable lack of clarity and absence of focus, bouncing around like a narrative whose tragic finale was conceived well before the avenues it would take to get there were planned. While the three male leads all give noteworthy performances as drug addled urchins with no direction home, the father/son relationship between Abe and Sonny feels underwritten."

Cook County | Review

A Pithy Meth

Interview: Andrew Dosunmu (Restless City)

We were thrilled to see Andrew Dosunmu’s latest film, Restless City, his first film since his 1999, Hot Irons, show up as part of the 2011’s AFI New Auteurs Program. Originally premiering at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, Dosunmu’s latest is a vibrant story about an African immigrant living in New York City following his passion in music. Falling in love with a girl in trouble, the trajectory of his fate becomes tinged with tragedy.

Breaking

TheyDream | Review

The Devils (1971) | Review

Sympathy for The Devils: The Suppression of Ken Russell’s...

Ken Russell’s The Devils – 2010 Fantasia International Film Festival

Iconic director Ken Russell was in town to receive a lifetime achievement award from Fantasia for his 50-plus years in the business, a career that has spawned many genre classics including Altered States, Gothic, and The Lair of the White Worm. But it was the little-seen and hard to find The Devils from 1971 that proved to be Russell's most controversial work, and Fantasia managed to snag a copy to be screened on Russell's big night. In the video, Russell discusses the true story behind the film and receives his award with the grace befitting one of the great filmmakers of all time.

Club Kid | Review

Sex, Drugs & Unexpected Parenting: Firstman’s Debut Creates an...

Interview: Jordan Firstman – Club Kid

I first took notice of Jordan Firstman through his...
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