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 Circle | Review

Like a Record Round: Ponsoldt Spins the Wheels with Silly Tech Thriller James Ponsoldt launches uneasily into mainstream studio territory with the internet thriller The...

Everybody’s Life | 2017 COLCOA French Film Festival Review

Au Beaune Pain: Lelouch Continues with Frivolous Comedy Spackle Somewhere along the way Palme d'Or and Oscar winning auteur Claude Lelouch (1966’s A Man and...

Rupture | Review

Walking into Spiderwebs: Shainberg Returns with Characterless Genre Effort A decade after the somewhat unwarranted critical drubbing of Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus...

Criterion Collection: Rumble Fish | Blu-ray Review

The 1980s began roughly for Francis Ford Coppola, one of the most lionized American auteurs ever, whose streak of the 1970s was an unmitigated...

Criterion Collection: Woman of the Year | Blu-ray Review

“Success is no fun unless you share it with someone,” confirms a composed Fay Bainter in George Stevens’ 1942 comedy classic Woman of...

Breaking

Ballad of a Small Player | Review

Out Of Luck: Colin Farrell Can’t Save This Tale...

The Safeword Is…: Isabella Eklöf Launches DOGMA 25 with Bold BDSM Drama ‘MR. NAWASHI’

Brings out the chips, dip, chains and whips. Production...
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