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 Assignment | Blu-ray Review

It’s been an arduous journey for action auteur Walter Hill’s latest film The Assignment, a B-grade schlocky piece of grindhouse pulp which has been...

Criterion Collection: Dheepan | Blu-ray Review

Almost exactly two years after he won the Palme d’Or for Dheepan at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, Jacques Audiard finagles his way into...

The Conversation: What Cannes Do – Top 10 Favorites of the 2017 Edition

In one of the most cavalier Cannes juries of recent years, the Pedro Almodovar led voting body closed out the 2017 edition of the...

Based on a True Story | 2017 Cannes Film Festival Review

Hider in Her Head: Polanski Mines a Dull Playing Field with Psychological Thriller The promising conceptualization of Roman Polanski directing a femme centric psychological thriller...

You Were Never Really Here | 2017 Cannes Film Festival Review

Where Have You Been?: Ramsay Returns with Pronouncedly Fractured, Melancholic Adaptation Returning from a six year hiatus after 2011’s We Need To Talk About Kevin,...

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Interview: Emma Stone & Jesse Plemons – Bugonia

Unfolding like a psychological seesaw of balanced fear, delusion,...

Reflection in a Dead Diamond | Review

Feed My Fetish, Please: Cattet & Forzani Pay Homage...

Sabar Bonda (Cactus Pears) | Review

Ripe Fruits: Kanawade Taps the Bittersweet Rind of Going...
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