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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Troop Zero | Review

Feeling Like a Number One: Bert & Bertie Get Glossy with Good Intentions For those who prefer to view the world through rosy-tinted glasses, there’s...

Everything is Blue for Him: Schrader Strikes the Underbelly with Underrated Debut “Blue Collar” | Blu-ray Review

Paul Schrader’s early career is a mix of seminal classics and underappreciated gems. While he began as a screenwriter, penning a thorny trifecta of...

Underwater | Review

A Time to Drill: Eubank Delves into Derivative with Studio Sci-Fi As above, so below seems to be the theme of William Eubank’s third feature,...

Criterion Collection: Betty Blue (1986) | Blu-ray Video Review

It’s time to take another look at the famed Cinema du Look auteurs of 1980s and 1990s French cinema, and what better way to...

Criterion Collection: The Story of Temple Drake (1933) | Blu-ray Video Review

“Women will understand!” read one of the many various taglines associated with The Story of Temple Drake, the pre-code rape and revenge talkie the...

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Central Park Deprive: Janicza Bravo to Direct True Crime Media Frenzied ‘Preppy’

Known for her discomfort and absurdity brand of comedy,...

Jouhatsu Junction: Humanist Vampire… Helmer Ariane Louis-Seize Picking ‘Cherry Blossoms’

Telefilm Canada have put some sizeable coin towards a...

2027 Oscars: Japan (not France) Submits Hamaguchi’s ‘All of a Sudden’ in International Feature Race

Canada submits Berlinale winner Nina Roza by Geneviève Dulude-de...
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