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: Good Morning | Blu-ray Review

Criterion re-releases one of its early additions to the collection for the first time on Blu-ray, Yasujiro Ozu’s poignant late period comedy, Good Morning...

Alien: Covenant | Review

This Time It’s More: Scott Repeats the Beats of Initial Sci-Fi Classic for Sequel Prequel There comes a time when too much tinkering with one...

The Conversation: Run the Comps – Top 5 Most Anticipated Main Comp Entries

It’s back to business as usual for the main competition contenders at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival, with programmer Thierry Fremaux re-inviting a number...

Paris Can Wait | Review

Forget Paris: Lane is a Fine Vintage from the Coppola Vineyards At the age of eighty, Eleanor Coppola makes her narrative feature debut with the...

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword | Review

Le Morte d’Arthur: Ritchie Bastardizes another Icon In the same punchy tradition in which he usurped Sir Arthur Conan Doyle for two studio Sherlock Holmes...

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La petite dernière (The Little Sister) | Review

The Lost Daughter: Herzi Passes Up Potency in Standard...

Interview: Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud – Persepolis

The thrill of meeting Marjane Satrapi reminded me of being 6 years old at Disney Land when I met the living, breathing Cinderella. Except Cinderella was an actress with a blond wig and Marjane is the real woman behind her autobiographical graphic novel, turned movie, “Persepolis”. The distinctive mole on her nose and her dark sultry eyes rose off the page and appeared in front of me, smoking and speaking with a French accent.

Interview: Eivind Landsvik – Low Expectations | 2026 Cannes Film Festival

Exploring themes of mental health, emotional recovery, companionship, and...
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