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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Orphan | 2025 Venice Film Festival Review

I Will Be Your Father Figure: Nemes Paints Period Paternity Thriller Hungarian director László Nemes essentially rounds out a thematic trilogy with his third film...

Stereo Girls (Les Immortelles) | 2025 Venice Film Festival Review

Death Be Not Loud: Deruas Kills a Teen Dream in Languid Period Piece With her sophomore directorial feature Stereo Girls, Caroline Deruas Peano continues down...

Mother | 2025 Venice Film Festival Review

Slack Narcissus: Mitevska Conjures the Psyche of a Saint There are a handful of contemporary historical figures whose accomplishments have superseded cultural critique thanks to...

Stranger Eyes | Review

The Interest of Distance: Yeo Discovers the Masochistic Pleasures of a Surveillance State “Strange feeling that someone is looking at me. I am clear, then...

Motel Destino | Review

Destiny Indemnity: Ainouz Retrofits a Noir Classic “Love, when you get fear in it, it’s not love any more, it’s hate,” wrote James M. Cain...

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Resurrection | Review

In Dreams: Gan Explores a Century of the Cinematic...

Interview: Annemarie Jacir – Palestine 36

With her sweeping and ambitious fourth feature, Palestine 36,...

Little Trouble Girls | Review

Circles of Perfection: Djukić Surveys the Compromises of Sexual...

La grazia | Review

The Long Goodbye: Sorrentino Returns to Familiar Remembrances of...
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