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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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...

NAZA | 2026 Venice Film Festival 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...

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...

DAU | 2026 Venice Film Festival Review

Darkness Visible: Khrzhanovsky Reformulates Saga of Shattered Scientists If ex-Attorney General and fascist sentinel Pam Bondi was ever credited as uttering anything worth repeating, it...

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Interview: Producer Ryan Martin Brown – The Scout

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Ha-chan, Shake Your Booty! | Review

Strictly Soft Gloom: Wladyka's Bereft Bliss Puts Spotlight on...

Alpha Gang | 2026 Toronto Intl. Film Festival Review

Close Encounters Of The Biker Gang Kind: The Zellners’...

Magazine | 2026 Toronto Intl. Film Festival Review

Not Worth The Subscription: Pechman’s Debut Flips Through The...
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