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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Bang Bang Baby | 2014 TIFF Review

Campy Histrionics at Their Most Mediocre Canadian director Jeffrey St. Jules has demonstrated an aptitude for experimenting with the cinematic form and creating hyper-realized, wildly...

In the Crosswind | 2014 TIFF Review

Capturing History Through the Art of Tableau Despite only having a couple of short films under his belt, Estonian director Martti Helde’s feature film debut,...

High Society | 2014 TIFF Review

Is There More to this Coming-of-Age Parable Than Meets the Eye? One of the key specificities about the production of Julie Lopes Curval’s latest exploration...

The Vanished Elephant | 2014 TIFF Review

A Puzzle within a Puzzle within a Puzzle Initially, The Vanished Elephant, Javier Fuentes-León’s follow-up to the well-received ghost story, Undertow, has a surprisingly unpolished...

I Am Here | 2014 TIFF Review

Wherein We Learn that Both Money and Karaoke are the Real Roots of All Evil Lixin Fan, director of the Chinese migrant worker doc, Last...

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