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 Nice Guys | Blu-ray Review

Comedic neo-noir is difficult to achieve, not unlike a recent trend of popular hybrids sporting humor and horror as freely interchangeable elements, resulting in...

Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? | Blu-ray Review

Beyond some brief moments of hysterical camp fervor courtesy of a frumpy lead performance from Shelley Winters, in prime matronly hyper drive, it’s difficult...

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...

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