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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Interview: Deniz Gamze Ergüven (Kings)

We sat with Turkish-French director Deniz Gamze Ergüven after the premiere of her sophomore directorial effort Kings at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival....

Kings | Review

Ease on Down the Road: Ergűven Presents Tone-deaf, Head-Scratching Portrait of L.A. Race Riots Joining Kathryn Bigelow (whose searing Detroit, depicting the 1967 riots of...

Criterion Collection: The Color of Pomegranates | Blu-ray Review

It’s difficult to approach Sergei Parajanov’s 1969 masterpiece The Color of Pomegranates without the permeation of the troubled history of both its reception and...

Tuesday Blus: Come Up w/Fleas for Donaldson’s Sleeping Dog (1977)

Director Roger Donaldson is one of those mainstream minded filmmakers whose body of work quickly and quietly dispelled his Australian origins. His glossy Hollywood...

Tuesday Blus: Spoils to the Victor in Vidor’s Ruby Gentry (1952)

Had Ruby Gentry been penned several years earlier, it would have most likely been swooped up as a star vehicle for Joan Crawford, especially...

Breaking

YES | Review

Break My Soul: Lapid Explores Compromised Artistry During Wartime Essentially,...

Kontinental ’25 | Review

Can You Ever Forgive Me?: Jude Skewers the Status...

Alpha | Review

Turn to Stone: Ducournau Hits a Wall with Disease...

2026 Cannes Film Festival Predictions: Midnight, Cannes Premiere, Special Screenings, Out of Comp

Before we dive headfirst into full-on Palme d’Or predictions...
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