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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99 River Street | Blu-ray Review

The plight of the failed boxer, and the gladiatorial viciousness of the sport itself, are themes forming an unheralded, even invisible substrata within the...

Killer Dames Box Set | Blu-ray Review

In the grand history of giallo cinema, one of the more minor figures who breezed in and out during the genre craze was Emilio...

The Fits | Review

Get in Where You Fit In: Holmer’s Impressive Allegory of Assimilation Although it may feel a bit too allegorical or stylistically esoteric for its own...

Ma Ma | Review

Soap on a Rope: Medem Returns with Malignant Cancer Drama It’s becoming harder and harder to remember the relevancy of Spanish filmmaker Julio Medem, a...

The Conversation: Cannes 2016 is the Year of the Cannibal

It was a markedly gruesome year on the Croisette in 2016 (including the perplexing awards recipients), with a notable slew of titles playing throughout...

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