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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The King of Staten Island | Review

King Without a Crown: Apatow Deifies Davidson in Latest Dramedy For his sixth directorial outing, Judd Apatow continues with his method of building a narrative...

Becky | Review

But When She Was Bad, She Was Awful: Milott & Murnion Subvert Allegiances in Violent Thriller The innocuously titled Becky is the third feature...

Papicha | Review

Where Have All the Flowers Gone?: Meddour Goes Back to Black Decade with Debut Fashion is certainly far from one’s mind when dealing with...

Criterion Collection: Husbands (1970) | Blu-ray Review

Husbands (1970), the fourth feature of auteur John Cassavetes, patron saint of American independent cinema, would end up being the first showcase for the...

Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema II | Blu-ray Review

Kino Lorber unleashes their second volume of forgotten film noir classics with Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema II which includes three distinctly...

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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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