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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Come Back to the 5 and Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean | Blu-ray Review

Long unavailable for home viewing, Robert Altman’s 1982 title Come Back to the 5 and Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean has languished as a...

Before I Disappear | Review

The Sting Called Love: Christensen’s Debut Rife with Melodramatic Cliché Shawn Christensen, who won an Academy Award for his 2013 short film, Curfew, expands his...

The Mule | Review

Mother, Jugs, and Laxatives: Sampson and Mahony’s Curious Exploration of Strange Case Based on its poster and other marketing materials for Angus Sampson and Tony...

Extraterrestrial | Review

Shades of Mr. Gray: The Vicious Bros.’ Unsatisfying Close Encounter Following the unanticipated success of their 2011 film debut, Grave Encounters (which feels very much...

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 | Review

The Games They Play: Collins’ YA Dystopia Trudges On and On As is now customary in the designed business model of franchise movie making,...

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Parallel Tales (Histoires parallèles) | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review

The Double Life of the Voyeurist: Farhadi Fails with...

Fatherland | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review

Every Mann for Themselves: Pawlikowski Remains Chilly with Cold...

2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 2 – Asghar Farhadi’s ‘Parallel Tales’

After gaining international recognition with Berlinale entries in Silver...

2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 2 – Paweł Pawlikowski’s ‘Fatherland’

Post My Summer of Love (2004) and The Woman...
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