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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The Criterion Collection: Ugetsu | Blu-ray Review

A cornerstone of Japanese cinema, Kenji Mizoguchi’s 1953 masterpiece Ugetsu at last receives an updated transfer from the Criterion collection. In the middle of...

The Criterion Collection: The Marseille Trilogy | Blu-ray Review

Marcel Pagnol’s famed Marseille Trilogy receives a loving placement in the Criterion Collection after its theatrical US restoration release in early 2017 courtesy of...

Frantz | Blu-ray Review

France’s Francois Ozon scored one of his most critically acclaimed ventures in years with 2016’s Frantz, which was the auteur’s third time competing in...

The Journey | Review

Enemies – A Love Story: Hamm Imagines Peace Treaty as Male Bonding Episode in Flaccid Bromance The reimagining of famed deliberations and clandestine alliances which...

Moka | Review

The Hand that Robs the Cradle: Mermoud Utilizes Devos for Sweet Vengeance Revenge is a dish best served cold and a little neurotic, at least...

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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...

Yellow Letters | 2026 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review

How to Beat the High Cost of Fascism: Çatak...
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