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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The Sea of Trees | Blu-ray Review

Nearly every edition of the Cannes Film Festival seems to yield a significant misstep for at least one auteur premiering in competition. Less common...

Criterion Collection: McCabe & Mrs. Miller | Blu-ray Review

Glancing over the cinematic output from any particular year in the 1970s confirms the era to stand as a fossilized epoch from America’s mainstream...

Criterion Collection: Boyhood | Blu-ray Review

Director Richard Linklater managed in cinematic first in 2014 when he unveiled his long gestating project Boyhood, which filmed over the course of twelve...

Eye of the Needle | Blu-ray Review

For a writer as renowned as Ken Follett, it’s hard to believe there’s been only one actual cinematic adaptation of his works to date....

Tampopo (1985) | Review

Noodles and Co.: Itami’s Ramen Saga Retains Delightful Flavor Before the categorization of a cinematic movement affectionately referred to as ‘food porn,’ Japanese director Juzo...

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2026 Eurimages: Kira Kovalenko, Monia Chokri & Camille Vidal-Naquet Land Coin

Some Cannes Film Festival alumni in Kira Kovalenko, Monia...

The Most Precious Of Cargoes | Review

The Zone of Disinterest: Hazanavicius Reanimates the Holocaust in...

Romería | Review

Blood Relatives: Simon Treads Familiar Water with Continued Autofiction After...
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