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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Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile | Review

Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kill Me: Berlinger Tackles Ted Bundy in Narrative Form Revered documentarian Joe Berlinger, best known for his Paradise Lost trilogy, makes...

Quartet (1981) | Review

Of Human Bondage: Ivory Gets Art Deco Dysfunction in Underrated Rhys Adaptation Merchant Ivory became the first major company to adapt the work of novelist...

Long Shot | Review

It Happened One Election: Levine Finds Levity in Winning Political Rom-Com While it arguably doesn’t go for broke and can’t quite shake the well-grooved...

Criterion Collection: A Face in the Crowd (1957) | Blu-ray Review

“There’s nothing as trustworthy as the ordinary mind of the ordinary man,” is the haunting mantra scrawled in leering monogram on the façade of...

Clement Plays More Games in Bizarre Rider on the Rain (1970) | Blu-ray Review

For a bizarre psychosexual early-70s oddity ripe for rediscovery, look no further than Renè Clément’s 1970 title Rider on the Rain, adapted from a...

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Queen at Sea | Review

(Get) Away From Her: Hammer Returns with Elder Ethical...

Gentle Monster | Review

The Children’s Hour: Kreutzer Poses Provocative Dilemmas The complex trappings...

Interview: Damian Kocur – La Manche | 2026 Venice Gap-Financing Market

As part of our coverage at the recent Venice...
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