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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Fall (2022) | Review

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Nicholas Bell - August 13, 2022

Why Fall to Pieces?: Mann Mines Survival Formula for Anxiety Laden B-Movie From the depths below to the heavens above, there’s no place safe for...

Rogue Agent | Review

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Nicholas Bell - August 12, 2022

The Spy Who Loved My Money: Patterson & Lawn Get the Grifter in Seductive Drama Scribes Declan Lawn and Adam Patterson present a smoothly administered...

Summering | Review

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Nicholas Bell - August 11, 2022

The Spectacular Now & Then: Ponsoldt Taps Summertime Sadness in Coming-of-Age Drama The dog days of summer aren’t over for a quartet of young girls...

Bodies Bodies Bodies | Review

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Nicholas Bell - August 9, 2022

On Body and Storm: Reijn Uncovers a Snake Pit of Wealthy Frenemies in Social Satire It’s Agatha Christie spliced with the frivolous escapism of social...

Fairytale | 2022 Locarno Intl. Film Festival Review

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Nicholas Bell - August 6, 2022

Planet Terror: Sokurov Gets Purgatorial in Nightmare on 20th Century Tyrants “Death is the solution to all problems,” said Joseph Stalin. It turns out this...

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