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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Hellbenders | Review

Hath No Fury: Petty’s Latest a 3D Misfire Serving as a glaringly obvious example of the degradation of the horror genre via raunchy slapstick is...

Night Tide | Blu-ray Review

Kino Lorber makes an exciting restoration this month with the 1961 directorial debut of genre favorite Curtis Harrington, Night Tide, which starred a nubile...

Camille Claudel, 1915 | Review

Snake Pit Soliloquy: Dumont’s Brief Vignette Profoundly Effective Many are perhaps familiar with Isabelle Adjani’s much hailed Oscar nominated performance as the turn of the...

CBGB | Review

Heebyjeeby: Miller Fails To Reclaim Glory Days of Punk Perhaps it goes without saying that the more invested one is in the gloriously exciting New...

All the Boys Love Mandy Lane | Review

The Pain is Calling, Oh Mandy: Levinson’s Satisfying Debut Finally Hits Theaters Premiering at the Toronto Film Festival way back in 2006, Jonathan Levine’s directorial...

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