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.

Exclusive articles:

Sauna | Review

Love Me If You Dare: Broe Explores Love in a Hopeless Place Harlan Ellison’s publication Love Ain’t Nothing But Sex Misspelled might be a more...

Sirat | Review

A Bridge Too Far: Laxe Enters the Zone “The Zone wants to be respected. Otherwise it will punish.” Aleksandr Kayadonvsky’s line from Tarkovsky’s existential sci-fi...

Sound of Falling | Review

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown: Schilinksi Paints a Microcosm of Misogyny The original title of Mascha Schilinski’s sophomore feature was The Doctor...

The Things You Kill | Review

A Poison Tree: Khatami Deconstructs the Psychoses of Patriarchy For his third feature, Iranian American director Alireza Khatami formulates a powerful psychodrama unspooling through the...

Jay Kelly | Review

It’s a Non-Refundable Life: Baumbach Explores the Sacrifices of Fame George Clooney headlines what could be interpreted as an approximation of his own experiences in...

Breaking

Interview: Jihan K. – My Father and Qaddafi

Selected Out of Competition for the Venice Film Festival,...

Interview: Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby

Eva Victor’s Sorry, Baby is a sharply observed, emotionally...

Interview: Óliver Laxe – Sirāt

In his debut You Are All Captains (2010), Óliver...

The Secret Agent | Review

Mischief, Thou Art Afoot: Filho Captivates with Seductive, Furtive...
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