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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App | Review

App of My Eye: Second Screen Technology Gets Double Dutch in Gimmicky Thriller A film that will indubitably be remembered as a quaint first-wave exercise...

Death Occurred Last Night | Blu-ray Review

Raro Video continues remastering rare and obscure Italian titles with the long unavailable 1970 curio from Duccio Tessari, Death Occurred Last Night. A rare...

Chef | Review

Mostly Favreau: Actor/Director’s Return to Indie Scene a Pleasant Surprise A thinly veiled allegory for Jon Favreau’s own career, whether he consciously means it to...

Stage Fright | Review

The Hamming of the Opera: Sable’s Debut Musical/Horror Hybrid Light Fun What promises on paper to be a delirious mess or instant camp classic ends...

Criterion Collection: Riot on Cell Block 11 | DVD Review

The inspiration behind the making of Riot in Cell Block 11 is as equally fascinating as the end product. Producer Walter Wanger (who famously...

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Paper Tiger | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review

In the Forests of the Night: Gray Frames Fearful...

2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 4 – Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s ‘The Beloved’

In a cinema that has worked with themes of...

The Beloved (El ser querido) | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review

What’s Love Got to Do with It?: Sorogoyen Visualizes...

2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 4 – Hirokazu Kore-eda’s ‘Sheep in the Box’

The VIP jacket wearing Hirokazu Kore-eda is one of...
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