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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He Ran All the Way | Blu-ray Review

A prototype of what would come to be familiarly known as the home invasion thriller, 1951's He Ran All the Way is also an important...

Monte Walsh | Blu-ray Review

Despite it being the directorial debut of five times Oscar nominated cinematographer William A. Fraker, 1970’s revisionist Western Monte Walsh isn’t as well remembered...

The Kindergarten Teacher | Review

Dangerous Minds: Lapid’s Sophomore Film a Bizarre, Engrossing Character Study Repressed desires find an unexpected outlet in Israeli director Nadav Lapid’s sophomore film, The Kindergarten...

The End of the Tour | Review

The Admiration Game: Ponsoldt’s Moving Homage to Artist and Artistry Following the critical successes of 2012’s Smashed and 2013’s The Spectacular Now, director James Ponsoldt...

Mission Impossible – Rogue Nation | Review

This Time, It’s Rogue: Cruise Continues Singing It Forever Just Because Arriving nearly four years after the highly celebrated and significantly lauded fourth Mission Impossible...

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