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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Gabin Goes Gold in Becker’s Touchez Pas au Grisbi (1954) | Blu-ray Review

As part of Kino Lorber’s resurrection of Jean Gabin classics once owned by Criterion, on top of bringing Port of Shadows to Blu-ray, the...

Carne Spins Fatal Attractions in Port of Shadows (1938) | Blu-ray Review

Kino Lorber pilfers another title from Criterion Collection with the re-release of Port of Shadows on Blu-ray. A seminal French film noir, the film’s...

Catholics for the Kill in Sole’s Classic Alice, Sweet Alice (1976) | Blu-ray Review

Outside of Larry Cohen and Brian De Palma, there’s a dearth of high-profile genre auteurs in the canon of 1970s American horror cinema. One...

If Only | 2019 Locarno Film Festival Review

Father of My Children: Elkann Siphons Lovingly from Familial Dysfunction for Debut The holidays will always be rife for cinematic exploration of familial discord and...

After the Wedding | Review

Something Borrowed, Something Blue: Freundlich Updates Danish Drama with Gender Bending Twist Just as Danish director Susanne Bier masters the art of cult filmmaker with...

Breaking

Interview: Producer Tristan Scott-Behrends – Bunnylovr (Work in Progress)

In what seems to be an exploration of duality,...

Interview: Gabriel Mascaro – The Blue Trail (O Último Azul)

We have long admired the cinema of Brazilian filmmaker...
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