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.

Exclusive articles:

Where the Sidewalk Ends | Blu-ray Review

Otto Preminger’s highly satisfying yet lesser beloved 1950 film noir Where the Sidewalk Ends is still unfortunately overshadowed by his earlier 1944 classic Laura,...

Cop | Blu-ray Review

Producer and director James B. Harris has a limited yet incredibly prolific filmography featuring a number of interesting items. Initially a producer for Stanley...

Valley of Love | Review

Guilt Trip: Nicloux Reunites French Icons for Journey Through the Desert Director Guillaume Nicloux reunites French acting legends Isabelle Huppert and Gerard Depardieu for his...

The Divergent Series: Allegiant – Part 1| Review

Once More With(out) Feeling: Schwentke Barrels Along with Malingering Franchise If we’ve reached uncomfortable saturation levels with super hero tent poles, the same conversations should...

Krisha | Review

Turkey Shoot: Shults Brings Heartache to the Holidays in Intimate Debut We’ve seen it plenty of times before, the hellacious discomfort accompanying the enforced tradition...

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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