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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Black Money for White Nights | 2026 Karlovy Vary Film Festival Review

Steal Big, Steal Little: Grozeva & Valchanov Deliver Just Deserts It’s difficult not to feel a sense of schadenfreude in following the drastic downfall of...

The Guest | 2026 Karlovy Vary Film Festival Review

You’ll (Dis)Like My Mother: Mengel Mars a Celebration With his directorial debut The Guest, director Mads Mengel seems to have turned to the manifesto of...

A Happy Family | 2026 Karlovy Vary Film Festival Review

She’s Come Undone: Mack Concocts an Empathetic Chaos It’s clear from the opening moments of Jan-Eric Mack’s narrative debut A Happy Family the title is...

Chica Checa | 2026 Karlovy Vary Film Festival Review

The Next Best Thing: Holy Hits the Sweet Spot with Tender Drama There’s a short list of feature length queer films in Czech cinema, and...

Two Prosecutors | Review

Ordeal by Innocence: Loznitsa Mines the Terrors of Naïveté A good man is hard to find, and if one were to be found, he’s likely...

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Her Private Hell | Review

What Have They Done to Your Daughters?: Refn Returns...

Sheep in the Box | Review

I’m a Cyborg, But That’s OK: Koreeda Explores Cruise...

A Sad and Beautiful World | Review

No Man is an Island: Aris Explores Childhood, Couplehood...

Rosebush Pruning | Review

The Killing of a Sacred Dogtooth: Ainouz Paints with...
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