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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The Year of the Cannibals | Blu-ray Review

Raro Video resurrects an excitingly obscure title this month with Liliana Cavani’s 1967 film, The Year of the Cannibals, a counter culture art house...

Criterion Collection: La Vie De Boheme | Blu-ray Review

As an entry into Finnish auteur Aki Kaurismaki’s filmography, his 1992 film La Vie De Boheme, which is loosely based on Henri Murger’s Scenes...

The Skeleton Twins | 2014 Sundance Review

Sticks & Stones: Johnson’s Winning Dramedy a Showcase for Wiig & Hader The transition from sketch comedy television to the big screen is often a...

Stranger By the Lake | Review

Wet Hot French Summer: Guiraudie’s Bold, Scintillating New Film Idiosyncratic filmmaker Alain Guiraudie is set to take the art house by storm with his bold,...

Gimme Shelter | Review

Gimme Gimme: Krauss Returns to Human Interest Woes in Latest Effort Writer/director Ron Krauss returns to the human interest vein that defined his last outing...

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