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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Sorry, Right Number: Day Gets Telephonically Terrorized in “Midnight Lace” (1960) | Blu-ray Review

Doris Day finds herself the target of a malevolent murderer in Midnight Lace (1960), the performer’s last dramatic role prior to her retirement from...

American Horror Project Volume 2 | Blu-ray Review

In their continuing attempt to resurrect forgotten genre obscurities from the crumbling facades of horror’s heyday, Arrow Video took three years to curate the...

The Conversation: Top 10 of 2019 Thus Far …

Half-way through the last year of the decade, the same cinematic trends exist as far as theatrical releases in the US, those being the...

Criterion Collection: Funny Games (1997) Blu-ray Review

“Every act of violence brings us closer to death,” wrote bell hooks, who went on to list a variety of internal and external examples...

Kudos to Van Cleef in Santi’s Imitative Debut The Grand Duel (1972) | Blu-ray Review:

Arrow Video resurrects another Lee Van Cleef headliner with 1972’s The Grand Duel, the debut of Giancarlo Santi, who had previously been the assistant...

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Coward | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review

Bent Knee, Limp Wrist: Dhont Explores Love at the...

2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Fatherland & Fjord Rated Top Films of Cannes!

The Palme d'Or winner and the Best Director winners...

2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 10 – Léa Mysius’ ‘Histoires de la Nuit’

Léa Mysius’s cinema as to this point focused on...
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