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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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...

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...

Breaking

No Disappearing Act Here: Kino Lorber Locates Manuela Martelli’s ‘The Meltdown’

Following its Un Certain Regard premiere at Cannes, Manuela...

Two Prosecutors | Review

Ordeal by Innocence: Loznitsa Mines the Terrors of Naïveté A...

2026 Eurimages: Kira Kovalenko, Monia Chokri & Camille Vidal-Naquet Land Coin

Some Cannes Film Festival alumni in Kira Kovalenko, Monia...
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