Robert Bell

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Robert Bell is a Toronto-based film critic for IONCINEMA.com and Exclaim! Magazine, where he was also the editor for film festivals and books. Robert covers North American Film Festivals such as Sundance, Hot Docs, Tribeca and TIFF. Robert studied film theory and screenwriting at York University and has a background in independent film production. Top Films From Contemporary Film Auteurs: Campion (The Piano), Kiarostami (Certified Copy), von Trotta (Hannah Arendt), Marsh (The Theory of Everything), Haneke (The White Ribbon), von Trier (Antichrist), Seidl (Dog Days), Moodysson (Lilya 4-Ever), Ramsay (Ratcatcher). Winterbottom (The Claim), Malick (The Tree of Life), Ceylan (Once Upon a Time in Anatolia), Cronenberg (Dead Ringers), Verhoeven (Starship Troopers), Bigelow (Point Break), Jordan (The Crying Game), The Dardennes (Lorna's Silence), Zyvagintsev (The Return), Porumboiu (Police, Adjective), Ozon (Dans la Maison).

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White Bird in a Blizzard | Review

Skin Deep: Araki Weathers a 4th Decade in Filmmaking Gregg Araki’s latest ode to youthful alienation, White Bird in a Blizzard, is his most restrained...

Partners in Crime | 2014 TIFF Review

Something Scandalous: Teenage Anxiety as a Reflection of Culture In many ways, Taiwanese director Jung-chi Chang’s sophomore feature, Partners in Crime, is very much like...

Corbo | 2014 TIFF Review

Vive la FLQ: Revolutionary Tactics as Performance of Identity With Corbo, Mathieu Denis’ second feature-length film, the Quebecois director has established an auteur focus on...

Frailer | 2014 TIFF Review

A Peculiar Experiment in Content Guiding Form Experimental director Mijke de Jong’s latest feature-length film, is a curious exercise in content guiding form. It’s ostensibly...

’71 | 2014 TIFF Review

Control: A Frenzied Look at the Early Days of the IRA Yann Demange, whose resume consists of serviceable, albeit unexceptional, television fare, has achieved the...

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Lingering Influence: Meryem Benm’Barek Filming ‘Behind the Palm Trees’

A project initially scheduled for a 2023 shoot has...