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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Let the Corpses Tan! | Review

All that Glitters: Cattet & Forzani Cut Stylish Swath Through Arid Neo-Western For their third film, Let the Corpses Tan!, another heavily styled recalibration of...

Criterion Collection: Smithereens (1982) | Blu-ray Review

Known primarily for generating Madonna’s acting career in 1985 with her sophomore film Desperately Seeking Susan, director Susan Seidelman was one of the most...

Lange at the Farm – Part 2 in “A Thousand Acres” (1997) | Blu-ray Review

A highly compromised and ultimately disappointing adaptation of Jane Smiley’s Pulitzer-Prize winning novel A Thousand Acres seems to have been a grueling experience...

Lange at the Farm – Part 1 in “Country” (1984) | Blu-ray Review

The 1984 melodrama Country exists as a minor yet notable footnote in the limited but prolific filmography of Jessica Lange. Her first role following...

The Conversation: Producer Michel Merkt

Swiss producer Michel Merkt, who runs his own company KNM alongside his wife and often produces noted international projects with Said Ben Said of...

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2026 Cannes Film Festival Predictions: Un Certain Regard

Introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob, the Un Certain...

2026 Cannes Film Festival Predictions: Directors’ Fortnight

It’s nearly impossible to predict what the programming crew...

2026 Eurimages: Mia Hansen-Love, Justine Triet, Bertrand Bonello & Mungiu/Uricaru Land Coin

World cinema heavyweights Mia Hansen-Love, Justine Triet and Bertrand...

2026 Cannes Film Festival Predictions: Critics’ Week

The parallel selection dedicated to debut and sophomore features...
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