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 Paradine Case | Blu-ray Review

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Nicholas Bell - June 13, 2017

One of Alfred Hitchcock’s neglected masterpieces is his 1947 courtroom psychodrama The Paradine Case, the director’s last contractual obligation under David O. Selznick, which...

Year of the Comet | Blu-ray Review

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Nicholas Bell - June 13, 2017

Revisiting Peter Yates’ 1992 romantic adventure film Year of the Comet is a bit like watching a paunchy prizefighter attempting to reclaim a past...

The Mummy | Review

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Nicholas Bell - June 9, 2017

You’ll Like My Mummy: Cruise Tastes an Ancient Curse in Lackluster Reboot Casting immediate aspersions over the likely success of a newly recalibrated franchise (coined...

Past Life | Review

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Nicholas Bell - June 9, 2017

Music Makes You Lose Control: Nesher Explores Skeletons in the Closet with Period Drama Having contributed to the rise of Israeli cinema since the late...