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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Play Motel | Blu-Ray Review

Purveyors of Eurotrash should delight in the resuscitation of the obscure 1979 eroto-giallo Play Motel, directed by Mario Gariazzo under the pseudonym Roy Garrett...

The Hunger |Blu-ray Review

Roundly dismissed upon its release by critics in 1983, Tony Scott’s classy, stylish art-house vampire film The Hunger arrives on Blu-ray as a demure...

Criterion Collection: Two Days, One Night | Blu-ray Review:

Premiering at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival where it went home empty handed from the Jane Campion headed jury, Belgian directing duo Jean-Pierre and...

The Curse of Downers Grove | Review

Teenage Wasteland: Ellis & Martini Join Forces for Derivative Teen Angst Check your expectations at the opening credits with The Curse of Downers Grove, a...

No Escape | Review

American in Peril: Dowdle Bros. Play on Base Fears with Survival Drama It’s unfortunate so many superficial elements are working against the objective consideration of...

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Central Park Deprive: Janicza Bravo to Direct True Crime Media Frenzied ‘Preppy’

Known for her discomfort and absurdity brand of comedy,...

Jouhatsu Junction: Humanist Vampire… Helmer Ariane Louis-Seize Picking ‘Cherry Blossoms’

Telefilm Canada have put some sizeable coin towards a...

2027 Oscars: Japan (not France) Submits Hamaguchi’s ‘All of a Sudden’ in International Feature Race

Canada submits Berlinale winner Nina Roza by Geneviève Dulude-de...
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