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 Hidden Fortress | Blu-ray Review

Criterion re-releases Akira Kurosawa’s 1958 adventure The Hidden Fortress for a ravishing blu-ray update this month, following hot on the heels of a similar...

Cheap Thrills | Review

Foolish Games: Katz’s Debut Collapses Under Excessive Shock Value There’s certainly a palpable amount of perverse thrill checkered throughout E.L. Katz’s directorial debut, Cheap Thrills,...

A Birder’s Guide to Everything | Review

Bird is the Word: Meyer’s Debut a Well Meaning But Slight Observation Bird watching seems to be something of a recent cinematic inspiration, though has...

Rob the Mob | Review

Dog Eat Dog: De Felitta’s Entertaining Take of a Take After the success of his 2009 indie feature, City Island, Raymond De Felitta turns to...

Need For Speed | Review

On the Road Again: Waugh’s Woeful Film an Offending Lemon Leaving behind the galvanizing propaganda of his Navy SEALs plugged film debut, Act of Valor,...

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2027 Oscars: Austria Backs Hüller as ‘Rose’ in the Best Intl. Feature Film Category

Austria were in a bit of a pickle situation...

Train to Busan | Review

Here Comes the Train Again: Sang-ho’s Live Action Debut...
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