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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Trouble in Mind (1985) | Review

One of Alan Rudolph’s most idiosyncratic films is 1985’s Trouble in Mind, which features a buzzy ensemble of characters intersecting in the fictional Rainy...

Choose Me (1984) | Review

Of their three collaborations, the most intriguing Alan Rudolph film to feature Bujold is 1984’s Choose Me, which more or less focuses on two...

The Beguiling Bujold: The Quad Celebrates the Career of the French-Canadian Actress

A week-long retrospective sampling the impressive filmography of French Canadian actor Genevieve Bujold begins August 10th at The Quad, a cherry-picked bushel of cinematic...

Criterion Collection: Lost in America (1985) | Blu-ray Review

Smack dab in the middle of the age of excess, Albert Brooks’ third directorial feature Lost in America (1985) opened theatrically, a satirical...

Amnesia | DVD Review

Earning a paltry five thousand at the US box office following its limited late July 2017 theatrical release courtesy of Film Movement, Barbet Schroeder’s...

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Nightborn | 2026 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review

Only Mothers Left Alive: Bergholm Tackles Motherhood Malaise Finnish director...

Dao | 2026 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review

Family Rituals: Gomis Goes For Broke in Sprawling Epic With...

Everybody Digs Bill Evans | 2026 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review

A Jazzman’s Blues: Gee Strikes the Right Chords in...
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