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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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...

Criterion Collection: The Breaking Point | Blu-ray Review

A superb classic begging for a proper recuperation, Michael Curtiz’s 1950 title The Breaking Point finally gets the release it deserves courtesy of the Criterion Collection....

The Dinner | Blu-ray Review

Premiering in competition at the 2017 Berlin International Film Festival, Oren Moverman’s The Dinner went on to receive a successful return at the box...

Wind River | Review

A Shiver Runs Through It: Sheridan Helms Satisfying Final Segment of Crime Trilogy Screenwriter Taylor Sheridan (Sicario, Hell or High Water) makes his directorial debut...

Breaking

IONCINEPHILE of the Month: Lucia Aleñar Iglesias (Forastera)

IONCINEMA.com’s IONCINEPHILE of the Month highlights an emerging talent...

Interview: Lucía Aleñar Iglesias, Zoe Stein & Agnès Pique Corbera – Forastera (2025)

Long before Bergman’s Persona undertook its psychological and existential...

Renoir | Review

Family of Straw: Hayakawa Paints Busy Coming-of-Age Portrait Going in...

The Wizard of the Kremlin | Review

The Russians Are Killing the Russians Are Killing: Assayas...
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