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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Anatahan (1953) | Blu-ray Review

In one of the distributor’s most exciting unveilings of 2017, Kino Lorber re-released Josef Von Sternberg’s obscure final film Anatahan (1953) in early February....

The Conversation: Courting Quinzaine

Following last week’s announcement of the main competition program, all eyes are now focused on Edouard Waintrop’s selection for the 2017 Directors' Fortnight (April...

The Fate of the Furious | Review

Fated Attraction: Gray Delivers the Expected in Mind Numbing Franchise Entry Following the box office success of 2015’s Straight Outta Compton, his most relevant in...

My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea | Review

Teenage Dirtbag, Baby: Shaw’s Odd, Amusing Portrait of Stylized Teen Angst If some teenage version of Reading Rainbow coughed up a hallucinatory fever dream into...

Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer

Fixer Downer: Cedar Unleashes Fascinating Portrait of Aggravating Underdog There’s an unshakeable sadness to Israeli director Joseph Cedar’s English language debut Norman: The Moderate Rise...

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Rose | 2026 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review

A Self-Made Man: Schleinzer Explores the Privilege of Pants If...

Salvation | 2026 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review

Hysterical Intervention: Alper Gets Overwrought Exploring Tribalism The land dispute...

Rosebush Pruning | 2026 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review

The Killing of a Sacred Dogtooth: Ainouz Paints with...
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