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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Money Monster | Blu-ray Review

Despite an incredibly rudimentary handling of themes and material more intelligently and timelessly presented decades ago, Jodie Foster’s latest directorial effort, Money Monster, is...

Clown | Blu-ray Review

Director Jon Watts’ 2014 horror film Clown stands as the writer/director/producer’s feature debut, even though it arrived well after his moderately hailed sophomore effort...

The Darkness | Blu-ray Review

Director Greg McLean has yet to escape the shadow of his 2005 Aussie breakout, Wolf Creek, which inspired him to helm a 2013 sequel...

The 9th Life of Louis Drax | Review

One Life to Live: Aja’s Childhood Abuse Drama a Soapy Misstep Once at the forefront of the French horror wave of the early to mid-2000s...

The Light Between Oceans | Review

To the Lighthouse: Cianfrance Labors Through Melodrama in Handsome Period Piece Director Derek Cianfrance manages a series of firsts with his fourth feature, including his first...

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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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