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 Invitation | Blu-ray Review

One of the best under the radar genre pieces of the past year has to be Karyn Kusama’s The Invitation, the director’s fourth and...

Crimes of Passion | Blu-ray Review

“Save your soul, whore!” cries Anthony Perkins’ crackpot street preacher in the first several minutes of Ken Russell’s infamous and endlessly provocative 1984 film...

Star Trek Beyond | Review

Back to Basics: Lin Takes Another Franchise Where It Has Bravely Gone Before Director Justin Lin (Fast and Furious installments three, four, five, and six)...

Don’t Think Twice | Review

Funnier People: Birbiglia’s Sincere Dramedy Examines Failure, Success Comedian Mike Birbiglia’s sophomore directorial effort Don’t Think Twice is a rather melancholy, ambitious rendering of the...

Summertime | Review

An Affair to Remember: Corsini’s Enjoyable, Brightly Hued Period Piece Catherine Corsini returns with her ninth feature film, Summertime (La belle saison), an early 70s...

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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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