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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Hallucination Strip | Blu-Ray Review

Raro Video restores an odd obscurity with Hallucination Strip, the one and only film to be directed by Lucio Marcaccini. As one easily can...

Not My Type | 2014 COLCOA Review

A Game of Give and Take: Belvaux Examines Le Pompatus de L ’amour Known for a number of genre tinged thrillers that tend to examine...

Belle | Review

But Your Picture On My Wall: Asante’s Sophomore Feature Revisits Compelling Historical Episode A decade after her 2004 directorial debut, A Way of Life, director...

The Other Woman | Review

Birds of a Feather: Cassavetes’ Brings Generic Chops to Predictable Comedy Long before the inevitable denouement of the vainglorious adulterer catalyzing the female frenzied revenge...

For a Woman | 2014 COLCOA Review

Mother Load: Kurys Revisits Plight of Parents in Post WWII France For those familiar with the work of director Diane Kurys, the material that inspired...

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2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 5 – László Nemes’ ‘Moulin’

Four films in and his second trip to the...

2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 4 – James Gray’s ‘Paper Tiger’

The last minute addition to the competition line-up (we...

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...
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