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:

Train to Busan | Review

Here Comes the Train Again: Sang-ho’s Live Action Debut Heavy on Tropes Zombie contagion sweeps over South Korea while a random band of survivors struggle...

Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma | Review

The Story of O: Schoenbrun Approaches the Horrific Desire Inside Us All The inextricable union of victim, victimizer, and witness becomes a metatextual balancing act...

Her Private Hell | Review

What Have They Done to Your Daughters?: Refn Returns with Vacuous Vengeance After disappearing into television for the past decade, Nicolas Winding Refn once again...

Sheep in the Box | Review

I’m a Cyborg, But That’s OK: Koreeda Explores Cruise Control with AI Somehow, despite being set in the ‘not too distant future,’ Hirokzau Kore-eda’s twee...

Rosebush Pruning | Review

The Killing of a Sacred Dogtooth: Ainouz Paints with Contempt Karim Aïnouz doesn’t so much eat the rich as he does regurgitate them in his...

Breaking

Bucking Fastard | 2026 Venice Film Festival Review

Sisters Doing It For Themselves: Herzog Returns with Theater...

Ink | 2026 Venice Film Festival Review

The Sun Also Rises: Boyle Explores the Origins of...

The Girl with the Leica | 2026 Venice Film Festival Review

Coupins D’abord: Marazzi Documents Love in Times of Capa Dually...
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