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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Evolution | Blu-ray Review

One of the best but most overlooked theatrical releases of 2016 was Lucile Hadzihalilovic’s sophomore film Evolution, a creepy coming-of-age body horror film about...

The Conversation: Producer Olivier Père

Since joining ARTE France Cinema in 2013, producer Olivier Père has become a prolific fixture on the Croisette. Making a bow in Un Certain...

Beauty and the Beast | Review

The Beast Must Die: Condon’s Expensive Rehash is Fairy Tale Facsimile For a film with a budget of three hundred million claiming to be the...

After the Storm | Review

Together Again: Koreeda Unveils another Bittersweet Carefully Constructed Familial Melodrama For the past decade or so, Japanese auteur has conquered the market on sharply observed...

Song to Song | Review

Music Makes the People: Malick Slathers Austin, Texas with Signature Emotional Ennui Fragments of lovers drowning beneath the weight of their own expectations and stagnant...

Breaking

The Shrouds | Review

Death Be Not Shroud: Cronenberg Hits Dead Ends in...

2025 Cannes Critics’ Week: Laura Wandel Opener, Guillermo Galoe & Shih-Ching Tsou in Comp

Playground's Laura Wandel's highly anticipated sophomore feature L'intérêt d'Adam...
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