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: Blood Simple | Blu-Ray Review

Now among the most distinctive of American auteurs, it’s hard to believe Joel and Ethan Coen had a difficult time getting their first film,...

Criterion Collection: Night Train to Munich | Blu-ray Review

Criterion re-releases an early critical favorite from Carol Reed, 1940’s Night Train to Munich, a droll espionage effort set specifically in the year preceding...

The Neon Demon | Blu-ray Review

After premiering to divisive responses at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival where it played in competition (jeers were mixed with waves of derisive laughter...

Marguerite | Blu-ray Review

Of the two recent approximations concerning US socialite and infamously self-professed chanteuse Florence Foster Jenkins, it is Xavier Giannoli’s 2015 satirical Marguerite (using her...

The Shallows | Blu-ray Review

Columbia’s shark thriller The Shallows, starring a comely Blake Lively perched perilously on a rock jutting out of predator infested waters, was surprisingly well-received...

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Sleepless City (Ciudad Sin Sueño) | 2025 Cannes Film Festival Review

A Boy & His Dog: Galoe Sweeps Through Slums...

The Secret Agent | 2025 Cannes Film Festival Review

Mischief, Thou Art Afoot: Filho Captivates with Seductive, Furtive...

2025 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 6 – Wes Anderson’s ‘The Phoenician Scheme’

With three previous films in the Cannes competition beginning...

The Phoenician Scheme | 2025 Cannes Film Festival Review

Much Ado About Fussing: Anderson Spills More Twee The Wes...
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