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 Conversation: Run the Comps – Top 5 Most Anticipated Main Comp Entries

It’s back to business as usual for the main competition contenders at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival, with programmer Thierry Fremaux re-inviting a number...

Paris Can Wait | Review

Forget Paris: Lane is a Fine Vintage from the Coppola Vineyards At the age of eighty, Eleanor Coppola makes her narrative feature debut with the...

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword | Review

Le Morte d’Arthur: Ritchie Bastardizes another Icon In the same punchy tradition in which he usurped Sir Arthur Conan Doyle for two studio Sherlock Holmes...

Snatched | Review

Those Who Love Me Can Take the Trainwreck: Levine Streamlines the Diffident Return of Hawn into So-So Mother-Daughter Comedy More often than note, notable actresses...

The Scar | Blu-ray Review

Originally released as Hollow Triumph (easily the more poetically layered metaphor of a moniker), Steve Sekely’s 1948 film noir classic The Scar lapsed into...

Breaking

Pillion | Review

Interview: György Pálfi & Zsófia Ruttkay – Hen

In 2025 cinema embraced the POV of our winged...

2025 Les Arcs Film Festival: New Lisa Brühlmann, Mar Coll & Lina Soualem Projects In Development

A longstanding champion of emerging European cinema, the Les...

Nouvelle Vague | Review

Make Me Lose My Breath: Linklater Meddles in Manicured...

Interview: Alejo Moguillansky – Pin de Fartie

Embracing Samuel Beckett's Endgame, Fin de Partie creates a...
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