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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Doillon Sculpts Scraps in Dry Biopic in Cannes Preemed Rodin (2017) | Blu-ray Review

Although it’s one of director Jacques Doillon’s most prolific projects in years, his 2017 biopic Rodin, headlined by revered French actor Vincent Lindon, is...

Back to Black: Three Faces of Karen in Curtis’ Delightful Cult Anthology … Trilogy of Terror | Blu-ray Review

One of the greatest unsung cult anthology treasures is the 1975 television omnibus Trilogy of Terror, which famously featured New American Cinema maven Karen...

Criterion Collection: Cold Water (1994) | Blu-ray Review

Occasionally, a rare cinematic kernel lost to the ages due to whatever obsequious copyright or distributor issues, manages to resurface despite the odds. We...

The Oath | Review

We Will Never Be Loyals: Barinholtz Gets Guignol in Acerbic Political Satire Actor/comedian Ike Barinholtz uses gleeful absurdity to provide some food for thought on...

Political Pleasures in Potter’s The Farmer’s Daughter (1947) | Blu-ray Review

Few of director H.C. Potter’s films seem to have endured the tests of time, at least as far as influence. Despite having directed several...

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