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 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...

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...

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Interview: Marine Atlan – La Gravida | 2026 Cannes Film Festival

This year, the Critics' Week gifted us a feature...

Interview: Abinash Bikram Shah – Elephants in the Fog | 2026 Cannes Film Festival

Making his second splash in Cannes after seeing his...

Interview: Rakan Mayasi – Yesterday the Eye Didn’t Sleep | 2026 Cannes Film Festival

Set within a tightly knit Bedouin community in Lebanon,...
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