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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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...

Primetime | Review

The Catcher in the Sty: Oppenheim Skewers Hack Journalist It’s perhaps fortuitous for Lance Oppenheim’s narrative debut Primetime, which charts the brief but meteoric run...

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...

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Fatherland | Review

Interview: Beth de Araújo – Josephine

With the Gotham and Independent Spirit Awards nominations just...

Interview: Marion Bailey – Tender Loving Care

After one roundtable questionKate O’Flynn, journalists at the London...

Interview: Kate O’Flynn – Tender Loving Care

Slowly making her way through Mike Leigh’s filmography with...

Interview: Guy Nattiv, Carrie Coon & Lily James – The Liberation

Guy Nattiv has repeatedly explored the ways private lives...
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