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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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...

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...

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

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

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

Root Work: Taheri and Hadzija Disrupt the Symmetry There’s an...

Closure | Review

Seriousness Sensationalized: Marczak Uses a Father in Turmoil to...

Prince | 2026 London BFI Film Festival Review

All Bark No Bite: Borgia’s Doggy Domestic Never Gets...
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