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: Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project No. 2 | Blu-ray Review

In 2007, Martin Scorsese founded the World Cinema Project, a nonprofit organization committed to restoring neglected and marginalized cinema from countries where major restorations...

Criterion Collection: Ghost World | Blu-ray Review

Although most widely recognized for his 2003 black comedy Bad Santa, director Terry Zwigoff’s particular idiosyncrasies are perhaps best captured in his 2001 narrative...

The Assignment | Blu-ray Review

It’s been an arduous journey for action auteur Walter Hill’s latest film The Assignment, a B-grade schlocky piece of grindhouse pulp which has been...

Criterion Collection: Dheepan | Blu-ray Review

Almost exactly two years after he won the Palme d’Or for Dheepan at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, Jacques Audiard finagles his way into...

The Conversation: What Cannes Do – Top 10 Favorites of the 2017 Edition

In one of the most cavalier Cannes juries of recent years, the Pedro Almodovar led voting body closed out the 2017 edition of the...

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2026 Eurimages: Mia Hansen-Love, Justine Triet, Bertrand Bonello & Mungiu/Uricaru Land Coin

World cinema heavyweights Mia Hansen-Love, Justine Triet and Bertrand...

2026 Cannes Film Festival Predictions: Critics’ Week

The parallel selection dedicated to debut and sophomore features...
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