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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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...

Fatherland | Review

Every Mann for Themselves: Pawlikowski Remains Chilly with Cold War Permafrost Two iconoclastic German writers are locked in a spiritual duel for relevance at the...

La bola negra | Review

The Play’s the Thing: Ambrossi & Calvo Connect the Dots “Dark love is the love that is never named,” wrote Federico Garcia Lorca in Sonnets...

Fjord | Review

Uncanny Valley: Mungiu Explores Liberated Prisons Totalitarian mentality is driven to logical extremes in Fjord, Romanian auteur Cristian Mungiu’s first foray outside of his native...

NAZA | Review

Destroy Everything You Touch: Abraham & Szor Explore the Cogs of the Palestinian Genocide Investigative journalists and documentarians Rachel Szor and Yuval Abraham follow up...

Breaking

Gentle Monster | Review

The Children’s Hour: Kreutzer Poses Provocative Dilemmas The complex trappings...

Interview: Damian Kocur – La Manche | 2026 Venice Gap-Financing Market

As part of our coverage at the recent Venice...

Interview: Lila Avilés – Cábula | 2026 Venice Gap-Financing Market

As part of our coverage at the recent Venice...
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