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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Right Now, Wrong Then | Blu-ray Review

Recently formed distribution label Grasshopper Film has already managed to build a formidable reputation by saving a number of auteur driven art-house titles from...

The Assassin (1961) | Blu-ray Review

Remembered best for his genre infused social issue/ills films through the 1960s and 1970s, Elio Petri significant filmography has recently begun to be recuperated...

Things to Come | Blu-ray Review

Although the thunderous awards campaign for Isabelle Huppert’s performance in Elle somewhat obscured the rightful acclaim which should have equally been bestowed upon her...

Three Brothers (1981) | Blu-ray Review

One of Italy’s most celebrated auteurs, Francesco Rosi was a force to be reckoned with in the 1960s and 1970s. Taking home the Golden...

The Red Turtle | Blu-ray Review

A quietly perceptive and rather matter-of-fact metaphor on embracing instead of rejecting one’s destiny, Dutch filmmaker Michael Dudok de Wit’s narrative feature The Red...

Breaking

Pillion | Review

Sit & Deliver: Lighton Assumes Positions in Titillating Debut There’s...

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...
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