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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American Honey | Blu-ray Review

For her third time playing in the Cannes Main Competition, Andrea Arnold also took home her third Jury prize for American Honey, the British...

Mia Madre | Blu-ray Review

Family members dealing with an impending absence is at the crux of Nanni Moretti’s latest film, Mia Madre, which competed at the 2015 Cannes...

Equity | Blu-ray Review

Director Meera Menon scored notable attention for her 2016 sophomore film Equity, an indie corporate thriller marketing itself as the first female centric Wall...

The Driller Killer | Blu-ray Review

Highly indebted to Martin Scorsese and Paul Schrader’s 1976’s Taxi Driver, a classic portrait of urban sleaze and anti-social behavior, (perhaps more than anyone...

Creepshow 2 | Blu-ray Review

Fans of Stephen King, George A. Romero, horror anthology cinema and the texture of 1980s genre are familiar with 1982’s Creepshow, a riff on E.C....

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Interview: Jordan Firstman – Club Kid

I first took notice of Jordan Firstman through his...

Interview: Chris Rock & Daniel Kaluuya – Misty Green

Well-versed in a cinema working in different strands of...

7 Miles Out | 2026 London BFI Film Festival Review

She’s Lost Control: Morley’s Semi-Autobiographical Drama is Riddled with...

Interview: Benjamín Naishtat & Esteban Bigliardi – Glaxo

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