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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Bronson Gets a Blast from the Past in Young’s ‘Cold Sweat’ (1970) | Blu-ray Review

Terence Young will forever be remembered amongst the pantheon of James Bond directors, having helmed Dr. No (1962), From Russia with Love (1963) and...

Worth None in the Bush in Obscure Giallo ‘The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire’ (1971) | Blu-ray Review

Another animal-themed giallo in the wake of Dario Argento’s now-seminal The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970) is Riccardo Freta’s The Iguana with the...

Criterion Collection: Japón (2002) | Blu-ray Review

Nearly two decades after the acclaim it received in Un Certain Regard at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival, Carlos Reygadas’ inexplicable debut Japón remains...

Pintilie Gets Touchy Feely in Sex Positive ‘Touch Me Not’ | Blu-ray Review

Romanian director Adina Pintilie became one of a handful of women to snag the Golden Bear out of the Berlin International Film Festival in...

Wild Nights With Emily | Review

The Exorcism of Emily D: Olnek Goes ‘Rowing in Eden’ with Affectionate Glance at Emily Dickinson Her carriage apparently held more than just the morbid...

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La grazia | Review

The Long Goodbye: Sorrentino Returns to Familiar Remembrances of...

Interview: Arab Nassar – Once Upon a Time in Gaza

Over the course of their three feature films, Gaza-born...

Interview: Tawfeek Barhom – I’m Glad You’re Dead Now (Short)

From Tarik Selah's Boy from Heaven (2022) to the...

Interview: Ali Asgari – Divine Comedy

Sometimes, in a landscape where censorship and endless approvals...
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