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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Lake of Death | Review

Dead Again: Robsahm Remake of Norwegian Classic is DOA The inherent value of any remake, sequel or reboot is always the attention it funnels back...

Most Wanted | Review

Canada Dry: Roby Runs Circles in Derivative Poliziotteschi Most Wanted (or as it was released in Canada, Target Number One), the fifth feature from French...

I Ain’t Afraid of No Ghost(s): Beck Storms Castle’s Camp Classic with Thir13en Ghosts (2001) | Blu-ray Review

There was a time when it appeared there might be an onslaught of remakes plundered from the often fun, often risible filmography of B-movie...

Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema – Volume IV | Blu-ray Review

Kino Lorber presents its fourth volume of forgotten or obscured film noir remnants with a trio of three titles from noted directors. With this...

Yes, God, Yes | Review

Obvious Teen: Maine Finds Nostalgia in a Hopeless Place Of the many aspects particular to the late 1990s and early 2000s, where cell phones were...

Breaking

2026 Cannes: Werner Herzog’s Bucking Fastard Selected for Cannes Premiere (!?)

There was no mention this morning for a film...

2026 Cannes: Mysius, Kreutzer, Harari, Grisebach, Herry, Bourgeois-Taquet Among New Faces in the Palme d’Or Comp

A competition section of (currently) twenty-one features with, according...

2026 Cannes: Nicolas Winding Refn, Quentin Dupieux & Bertrand Mandico on the Croisette

The Out of Competition, Midnight Screenings, Cannes Premiere and...
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