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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Death Walks Twice – Two Films by Luciano Ercoli | Blu-ray Review

Arrow Video unleashes a superb box-set of two titles from neglected director/producer Luciano Ercoli, who made a handful of giallo and spaghetti westerns before...

Medousa | DVD Review

Mondo Macabro continues to expand its catalogue of underground international genre offerings with the little known 1998 Greek title, Medousa, an indie horror re-telling...

The Conversation: Producer Sylvie Pialat

Sylvie Pialat, wife of the late auteur Maurice Pialat, has been producing and fostering vibrant international directors following the passing of her husband in...

Men and Chicken | Review

Cheep cheep cheep: Jensen’s Bizarre Family Reunion Known for his incredibly prolific career as a screenwriter, penning several of Susanne Bier’s most internationally renowned films...

Hostile Border | Review

Confessions of a Pocha Hustler: Dwyer Tackles Topicality with Listless Thriller Michael Dwyer makes his directorial debut with Hostile Border, an adequate examination of contemporary...

Breaking

Total Eclipse of the Art: Markus Schleinzer Sets Christian Friedel as ‘Klaus’ Nomi

Fresh off the acclaimed Berlinale premiere of his third...

No Disappearing Act Here: Kino Lorber Locates Manuela Martelli’s ‘The Meltdown’

Following its Un Certain Regard premiere at Cannes, Manuela...

Two Prosecutors | Review

Ordeal by Innocence: Loznitsa Mines the Terrors of Naïveté A...

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

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