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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Wild Horse Nine | Review

They Shoot Agents, Don’t They?: McDonagh Morosely Reflects a Pernicious Empire Americans can’t quite seem to directly engage with their ills of the present by...

Queen at Sea | Review

(Get) Away From Her: Hammer Returns with Elder Ethical Dilemma It’s been nearly twenty years since Lance Hammer’s 2008 debut Ballast announced a major new...

Gentle Monster | Review

The Children’s Hour: Kreutzer Poses Provocative Dilemmas The complex trappings of denial are at the heart of Gentle Monster, the latest from Austrian director Marie...

I Plant My Hand in the Garden | 2026 Venice Film Festival Review

Root Work: Taheri and Hadzija Disrupt the Symmetry There’s an exceptional element of fluidity and ambiguity slyly operating within and then aggressively overwhelming I Plant...

Possible Love | Review

Blue is the Warmest Collar: Chang-dong Prepares a Touch of Class Boiled down to its core essence, Possible Love, the first feature from South Korean...

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Paper Tiger | Review

In the Forests of the Night: Gray Frames Fearful...

TheyDream | Review

Frames That Mend: Caballero Unevenly Probes Puerto Rican Family...

The Devils (1971) | Review

Sympathy for The Devils: The Suppression of Ken Russell’s...

Ken Russell’s The Devils – 2010 Fantasia International Film Festival

Iconic director Ken Russell was in town to receive a lifetime achievement award from Fantasia for his 50-plus years in the business, a career that has spawned many genre classics including Altered States, Gothic, and The Lair of the White Worm. But it was the little-seen and hard to find The Devils from 1971 that proved to be Russell's most controversial work, and Fantasia managed to snag a copy to be screened on Russell's big night. In the video, Russell discusses the true story behind the film and receives his award with the grace befitting one of the great filmmakers of all time.
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