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 Sicilian Clan (1969) | Blu-ray Review

At the height of his tough guy persona, French superstar Alain Delon was in top form through the 1960s and 70s, headlining a number...

The Unholy Four (1970) | Blu-ray Review

If you prefer your spaghetti westerns with extra cheese (or sleaze, maybe), then director E.B. Clucher’s 1970 directorial debut The Unholy Four might be...

We Are the Flesh | Blu-ray Review

After premiering at the 2016 Rotterdam Film Festival, Arrow Films purchased Emiliano Rocha Minter’s salacious directorial debut, We Are the Flesh, which is bound...

Creepy | DVD Review

Documentary label Icarus Films moves into the distribution of narrative features, first up with the unveiling of Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Creepy, which premiered as a...

Come What May (2015) | Blu-ray Review

Beneath its swells of emotion and somewhat bitter but diminished remonstrance on the horrors of war, French director Christian Carion’s fourth film, Come What...

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Interview: Benjamín Naishtat & Esteban Bigliardi – Glaxo

World premiering at the 2026 Toronto Intl. Film Festival,...

2026 Marrakech Intl. Film Festival: New Projects by Sofia Alaoui, Yasmine Benkiran & Jessy Moussallem at the Atlas Workshops

Moroccan filmmakers Meryem Benm’barek, Sofia Alaoui and Yasmine Benkiran...

Club Kid | 2026 London BFI Film Festival Review

Sex, Drugs & Unexpected Parenting: Firstman’s Debut Creates an...

La bola negra | Review

The Play’s the Thing: Ambrossi & Calvo Connect the...
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