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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Eleni | Blu-ray Review

The 1980s were a bit of a rough transitional period for British import Peter Yates, who maintained a vibrant stride through a filmography jumpstarted...

Sky | DVD Review

Reuniting once more with actress Diane Kruger for her third outing as director, Sky, Fabienne Berthaud unveiled her French-German co-production in competition at the...

Last Days in the Desert | DVD Review

Ewan McGregor stars as both Jesus and the devil in Rodrigo Garcia’s seventh narrative feature, Last Days in the Desert, which premiered at the...

Blood Father | Review

Forgiveness of Blood: Richet Delivers Grimy Gibson in Slice of B-Movie Glory If you’re looking for any sort of striking originality in French director Jean-Francois...

Florence Foster Jenkins | Review

Florence and the Machine: Frears Lets the Music Speak for Itself in Curio Biopic In recent years, the quality of output from British director Stephen...

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2025 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 8 – Mario Martone’s Fuori

In an even split, and in two different waves,...

2025 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 8 – Jafar Panahi’s ‘It Was Just an Accident’

Jafar Panahi might be more synonymous with Berlin say...

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

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

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