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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Future Weather | Review

Climate Control: Deller’s Debut Features Compelling Lead Performance For her feature film debut, writer/director Jenny Deller has made a solidly crafted film, Future Weather, which...

Criterion Collection: Sansho the Bailiff | Blu-ray review

While less known than his equally revered contemporaries Akira Kurosawa and Yasujiro Ozu, the filmography of Kenji Mizoguchi may arguably be the more successfully...

Welcome to Pine Hill | Review

Transcendental Hurrah: Miller’s Moving Film an Exercise in Isolation Based on his 2010 short film, Prince/William, Keith Miller has expanded his debut Welcome to Pine...

Live Blog: Oscars 2013

Jack Nicholson presents Best Picture, with broadcast footage from First Lady Michelle Obama: Best Picture "Beasts of the Southern Wild" "Silver Linings Playbook" "Zero Dark Thirty" "Lincoln" "Les Miserables" "Life of...

Inescapable | Review

Inexorable Void: Nada’s Latest an Ineffectively Staged Political Thriller Following a quietly effective 2009 romantic drama, Cairo Time, which featured a touching and gently handled...

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2025 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 8 – Mario Martone’s Fuori

In an even split, and in two different waves,...

2025 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 8 – Jafar Panahi’s ‘It Was Just an Accident’

Jafar Panahi might be more synonymous with Berlin say...

Aisha Can’t Fly Away | 2025 Cannes Film Festival Review

Buliana Simon Shines In Gritty Immigrant Story That Struggles...

2025 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 7 – Julia Ducournau’s ‘Alpha’

Body horror, psychological issues, and social commentary best describe...
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