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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Sonny Boy | Blu-ray Review

Shout Factory unveils a neglected cult item with its recuperation of Sonny Boy, a tawdry late 1980s obscurity with some awesome WTF grotesqueries. Although...

The Detective | Blu-ray Review

Director Gordon Douglas is one of many prolific filmmakers who seemed to fall short of auteur recognition despite considerable iconic items lodged within a...

A Perfect Day | Review

All’s Well, End’s Well: Leon de Aranoa’s Benevolent English Debut Fernando Leon de Aranoa makes his English language debut with A Perfect Day, a period...

Through the Looking-Glass…Top 200 Most Anticipated Films of 2017: #1. Michael Haneke’s Happy End

Happy End Director: Michael Haneke Writer: Michael Haneke In mid-2015, Michael Haneke officially confirmed he would be abandoning a project known as Flashmob and focusing on different...

Through the Looking-Glass…Top 200 Most Anticipated Films of 2017: #2. Carlos Reygadas’ Where Life Begins

Where Life Begins Director: Carlos Reygadas Writer: Carlos Reygadas We’re thrilled to find Mexican auteur Carlos Reygadas at last embarking on his fifth feature, Where Life Begins,...

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Interview: Hédi Zardi Atlas Workshop – 2026 Marrakech Film Festival

The Atlas Workshops provide artistic and professional support to...

Possible Love | Review

Blue is the Warmest Collar: Chang-dong Prepares a Touch...

Lee Chang-dong – Possible Love

For his seventh feature film, Korean master filmmaker Lee...

Interview: Travis Knight – Wildwood

Among those that play the long game we could...
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