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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Criterion Collection: The Merchant of Four Seasons |Blu-ray Review

“We’re all pigs,” remarks a character late in Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s 1971 classic The Merchant of Four Seasons, on observation one could apply to...

Jupiter Ascending | Blu-ray Review

Premiering as the 'secret screening' at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival shortly before its theatrical premiere, the latest sci-fi extravaganza from the Wachowskis opened...

The Conversation: To Cannes and Back

Unfortunately, this year’s main competition line-up at the Cannes Film Festival ended up being something of an easy target for jaded festival goers. An...

Tu dors Nicole | Review

Sleep, Perchance to Dream: Lafleur’s Eccentric Portrait of One Hazy Summer Quebecois filmmaker Stephane Lafleur’s third film, Tu dors Nicole (“You’re Sleeping Nicole) unfolds over...

Nightingale | Review

On Yon Bloomy Spray: Oyelowo Dominates Lester’s One Set Drama Director Elliott Lester, best known for his 2011 Jason Statham offering, Blitz, adapts firstime screenwriter...

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