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 Pit | Blu-ray Review

The little known horror obscurity The Pit gets resuscitated for appreciation, a 1981 oddity falling under the subgenre Canuxploitation (an exploitation movement like any...

The Girl on the Train | Review

Those Who Love Me Can Fake the Train: Taylor’s Silly Soap Opera Thriller Actor turned director Tate Taylor proves to be even less adept crafting...

Being 17 | Review

Changing Times: Téchiné Skews Youthful with Enjoyable Drama Director André Téchiné manages his most emotionally rewarding venture in well over a decade with Being 17,...

The Birth of a Nation | Review

Born Again: Parker Resuscitates Turner Narrative in Painful Labor of Love An odd, continued legacy of unquestioned applause greets the reception of actor Nate Parker’s...

The Greasy Strangler | Review

Grease is the Word: Hosking’s Repellant Debut Revels in Grotesque There’s a certain insane glee lurking within Jim Hosking’s directorial debut, The Greasy Strangler, a...

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Nouvelle Vague | 2025 Cannes Film Festival Review

Make Me Lose My Breath: Linklater Meddles in Manicured...

2025 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 5 – Lynne Ramsay’s Die My Love

A Cannes Film Festival regular, British filmmaker Lynne Ramsay...

Renoir | 2025 Cannes Film Festival Review

Family of Straw: Hayakawa Paints Busy Coming-of-Age Portrait Going in...

2025 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 5 – Richard Linklater’s ‘Nouvelle Vague’

This is Cannes Film Festival's third invite (second time...
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