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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Back to Buenos Aires | 2026 Venice Film Festival Review

The Doctor and the Devils: Bechis Explores the Agony of Atonement The title for Argentinian director Marco Bechis’ latest title, Back to Buenos Aires, is...

A Bit of Light | 2026 Venice Film Festival Review

Under the Cherry Moon: Asgari Lets the Sun Shine In Ali Asgari continues to highlight the precariousness of navigating modern day Tehran with his latest...

One Minute to Midnight (Un peu avant minuit) | 2026 Venice Film Festival Review

The Man Who Snubbed Women: Pariser Performs a Patriarchal Audit There’s something that feels a bit ‘too little, too late’ in Nicolas Pariser’s latest film...

The Fire Within You (Il fuoco che ti porti dentro) | 2026 Venice Film Festival Review

The Shrill Seekers: De Angelis Turns to Comedic Caricature For his latest venture, The Fire Within You, Edoardo De Angelis seems to be employing the...

A Good Little Soldier (Un bon petit soldat) | 2026 Venice Film Festival Review

A HR Manager Never Cries: Brize Takes on Executive Hypocrisy When he’s not exploring intimate relationship melodramas, French director Stéphane Brizé has been one of...

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Fjord | Review

Interview: Jacqueline Lentzou – A Day in the Life of Jo: Chapter Phaedra

A poem. A song. An argument. An apology. Inspired...

Interview: Andrea Pallaoro – The Echo Chamber

With his fourth feature film, Andrea Pallaoro turns his...

Lee Chang-dong – Possible Love

For his seventh feature film, Korean master filmmaker Lee...
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