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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In Order of Disappearance | Review

Gone Baby Gone: Moland’s Deadpan Nordic Noir Enhanced by Skarsgard There’s a droll viciousness to In Order of Disappearance, a Nordic Neo-Noir which premiered...

Mia Madre | Review

Mamma Mia: Moretti’s Continues Exploring a Death in the Family After having won the Palme d’Or in 2001 for his film The Son’s Room, Italian...

The Sea of Trees | Review

The Forest for the Trees: Van Sant’s Melodramatic Misfire Gus Van Sant’s name seems to conjure wildly different reactions depending on how accustomed one is...

Don’t Breathe | Review

Secret in Their Eyes: Alvarez Conjures Tension in Home Invasion Thriller After unveiling his grisly and rather well received directorial debut, the 2013 remake of...

Female Prisoner Scorpion – The Complete Collection | Blu-ray Review

Outside of audience members determined to catalogue Quentin Tarantino’s kitschy extra textual references (he utilizes the film’s them in Kill Bill: Vol.2), the iconic...

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Aisha Can’t Fly Away | 2025 Cannes Film Festival Review

Buliana Simon Shines In Gritty Immigrant Story That Struggles...

2025 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 7 – Julia Ducournau’s ‘Alpha’

Body horror, psychological issues, and social commentary best describe...

Alpha | 2025 Cannes Film Festival Review

Turn to Stone: Ducournau Hits a Wall with Disease...

2025 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 7 – Tarik Saleh’s ‘Eagles of the Republic’

Swedish filmmaker Tarik Saleh has been moving up from...
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