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 Homes | Blu-ray Review

Director Ramin Bahrani scores his most lauded venture yet with the critically acclaimed 99 Homes. Premiering in competition at Venice in 2014, Broad Green Pictures...

Victoria | Blu-ray Review

Earning about as much praise as criticism (including tying for the Silver Berlin Bear in 2015) is actor/director Sebastian Schipper’s fourth feature, Victoria, the...

The Club | Review

Living Under Your Spotlight: Larrain Paints it Black with Catholic Crisis Comedy For his first film following the finale of his narrative trilogy documenting the...

Eisenstein in Guanajuato | Review

Once Upon a Time in Mexico: Greenaway’s Homage an Inspired Provocation Erotically charged and artfully crafted, Eisenstein in Guanajuato is the first of two titles devoted...

Hail, Caesar! | Review

Sign of the Cross: The Coen Bros. Revisit the Backlot Desires of Hollywood’s Golden Era The Coen Bros., back with their first title since 2013’s...

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...
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