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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Dirty Difficult Dangerous | 2022 Venice Film Festival Review

Done Dirt Cheap: Charaf Chafes at Exploited Migrants in Scanty Drama For his sophomore film, Dirty Difficult Dangerous, Lebanese/French director Wissam Charaf presents an indictment...

Princess | 2022 Venice Film Festival Review

Grimm Fairy Tale: De Paolis’ Neo-Realist Exploration of Migrant Sex Work Brazen, Bewildering Life’s anything but a fairy tale for the titular character at the...

Peter von Kant | Review

Save Your Tears for Another Day: Ozon Revels in the Camp Mystique of R.W. Fassbinder It’s clear François Ozon has long been obsessed with the...

Funny Pages | Review

Drawn That Way: Kline Makes a Mark with Singular Coming-of-Age Comedy The emphasis of form vs. soul is the riddle at the crux of Funny...

Regra 34 (Rule 34) | 2022 Locarno Intl. Film Festival Review

Cam and See: Murat Explores Pleasure Principles in Provocative Portrait “She does it for the thrill, even if it kills,” might be a good tagline...

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2026 Marrakech Intl. Film Festival: New Projects by Sofia Alaoui, Yasmine Benkiran & Jessy Moussallem at the Atlas Workshops

Moroccan filmmakers Meryem Benm’barek, Sofia Alaoui and Yasmine Benkiran...

Club Kid | 2026 London BFI Film Festival Review

Sex, Drugs & Unexpected Parenting: Firstman’s Debut Creates an...

La bola negra | Review

The Play’s the Thing: Ambrossi & Calvo Connect the...

A Long Winter | 2026 London BFI Film Festival Review

A Gentle Thaw: Haigh’s Measured Drama is Glacial but...
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