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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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...

Rawhide | Blu-ray Review

As the popular idiom goes, ‘familiarity breeds contempt,’ which can be used to explain the disenchantment surrounding countless films across multiple periods, wherein there...

Gorilla Bathes at Noon Review | DVD Review

A conversation about Serbian cinema wouldn’t be complete without at least a passing reference to trailblazer Dusan Makavejev, at the forefront of the Yugoslav...

The Russia House | Blu-ray Review

Espionage thrillers remain a lucrative cinematic staple, as evidenced by continued adaptations of Robert Ludlum, Tom Clancy, and the enduring legacy of the iconic...

Sun Choke | Review

Choke Up the Sun: Cresciman’s Dubious Deliberation on the Female Psyche Mentally unstable women with fragile personalities formulate a vibrant subgenre of their own across...

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It Was Just an Accident | 2025 Cannes Film Festival Review

Phantom Limb: Panahi Treads Ripples of Retribution Jafar Panahi continues...

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

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