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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Much Ado About Marriage in Pevney’s Firefox (1955) | Blu-ray Review

Like nearly all of director Joseph Pevney’s films, 1955’s Foxfire has been more or less forgotten, despite starring Jane Russell. It’s a pity considering...

The Cookie Crumbles in Altman’s The Gingerbread Man (1998) | Blu-ray Review

From the B-side of Robert Altman’s filmography is his 1998 attempt at neo-noir with The Gingerbread Man, based on an original screenplay by John...

Mary Queen of Scots | Review

Two Queens Stand Before Me: Rourke’s Reticent Recapitulation of a Doomed Queen Not since Charles Jarrott’s 1971 mounting of the infamous demise of Mary Stuart,...

The Mercy | Review

Come Sail Away: Marsh Gets Morose with Tale of Doomed Sailor Director James Marsh tackles the tragedy of amateur sailor Donald Crowhurst in The Mercy,...

Time Share (Tiempo Compartido) | Review

Meant to Be Spent Alone: Hofmann Returns with Cynical Comedy on Privileged Facades If hell is other people, perhaps they signify an even hotter level...

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Interview: Yorgos Lanthimos & Jerskin Fendrix – Bugonia

There is a chaotic violence at the core of...

Exclusive Trailer: Ashes to Ashes, Toronto to Oslo in Bohdanowicz’s ‘Measures for a Funeral’ (2025)

After premiering at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival...

2025 SODEC Coin for New Projects by Philippe Lesage, Annie St-Pierre & Charlotte Le Bon

Quebec’s SODEC (the Société de développement des entreprises culturelles)...
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