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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Death Wish | Review

Wish in One Hand…: Roth Revamps Urban Terror for the Neo-Privileged Vigilantism isn’t perhaps the best narrative thrust for American audiences during the early days...

Tuesday Blus: John Grissmer’s Scalpel & Chaitanya Tamhane’s Court

This week’s edition of Tuesday Blus includes the following titles: The Gate II (1990) Film Review: ★/☆☆☆☆☆ Disc Review: ★★★/☆☆☆☆☆ Hungarian import Tibor Takacs’ zany sequel to his...

Criterion Collection: Tom Jones | Blu-ray Review

It’s difficult to imagine how an adaptation of Henry Fielding’s celebrated eight-hundred page-plus 1749 novel The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling would be...

The Conversation: Finale of the Berlinale 2018

In what constitutes a rather curious and unpredictable session of the Berlin International Film Festival, the 68th edition of the festival ended with some...

Mug (Twarz) | 2018 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review

Eyes Without a Face: Szumowska Constructs a Christ Figure in Melancholic Farce Love is a many splendored thing, albeit something often compromised or mutilated by...

Breaking

2026 Cannes Film Festival Predictions: Palme d’Or – Part 1

In less than two weeks, Thierry Frémaux will unveil...

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...
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