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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Yates Plays the Frame Game in Late Period ‘An Innocent Man’ (1989) | Blu-ray Review

Director Peter Yates remains an interesting fixture of the 1970s New American Cinema throng whose early works continue to resonate and inspire, particularly his...

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...

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