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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Criterion Collection: The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez | Blu-ray Review

Criterion revisits the neglected 1982 indie classic from Robert M. Young, The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez, a revisionist, recuperative Western which formulated the tragic...

Carpenter Gets Mouthy with Inventive “In the Mouth of Madness” (1994) | Blu-ray Review

In the continued resurrection of several forgotten and neglected titles by John Carpenter (which included recent Blu-ray released of Village of the Damned, Memoirs...

The Meg | Review

Tonight, She Chums: Turteltaub Unleashes Somnambulistic Creature Feature Fans of Deep Blue Sea or one of the various Jaws sequels may have their pleasure sensors...

BlacKkKlansman | Review

Klan Destiny: Lee Returns with Strongest Joint in Years Although not as finely wrought as his subversive (and underrated) 2015 Chi-raq, Spike Lee returns with...

A Prayer Before Dawn | Review

Break the Dawn: Sauvaire Browbeats with Violent, Grim Prison Drama Although a simple plot synopsis tends to glorify the perilous pugilism which provides the bizarre...

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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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