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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Wakefield | Review

A Most Wanted Man: Swicord Hangs Doctorow on the Snide Shoulders of Cranston For evidence of Bryan Cranston’s ability to carry a film, look no...

Wonderstruck | 2017 Cannes Film Festival Review

Time After Time: Haynes Captures Wistful Tone of Bygone Eras American indie auteur Todd Haynes explores dual cinematic pastiche in his most family friendly film...

Loveless | 2017 Cannes Film Festival Review

Some Great Reward: Zvyagintsev Rips into Missing Muscovites Bitter familial separation and newly fermented coupling are equal bed partners in what staunchly begins as...

Criterion Collection: Good Morning | Blu-ray Review

Criterion re-releases one of its early additions to the collection for the first time on Blu-ray, Yasujiro Ozu’s poignant late period comedy, Good Morning...

Alien: Covenant | Review

This Time It’s More: Scott Repeats the Beats of Initial Sci-Fi Classic for Sequel Prequel There comes a time when too much tinkering with one...

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Alpha | Review

Turn to Stone: Ducournau Hits a Wall with Disease...

Frankenstein | Review

The Seat of the Soul: Del Toro Takes Aim...

Lens Crafters: Marie Rosselet-Ruiz Filming ‘L’une des leurs’ with Céleste Brunnquell

A small independent film project we'll keeping tabs on,...
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