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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Jurassic World Dominion | Review

This World Is Not Enough: Trevorrow Goes Through the Motions in Extinction Level Event It’s neither the first nor the last time a toxic commingling...

Lost Illusions | Review

F is for Fake: Giannoli Highlights Prescience in Adaptation of Balzac Classic The erosion of romanticism and idealism is at the core of Honore de...

Benediction | Review

Words of War: Davies Recuperates Another Poet in Impressionistic Biopic Following the critical success of his masterful portrait of Emily Dickinson in A Quiet Passion...

Crimes of the Future | Review

Origin of the Neo-Species: Cronenberg Crafts a Discourse on Human Evolution Whatever the evolution happening in the world of David Cronenberg’s Crimes of the Future,...

Dashcam | Review

Arrhythmia of the Night: Savage Triumphs with Delightfully Bizarre Socio-Horror There’s an art to successful presentations of unlikeable characters, further complicated when a protagonist is...

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Interview: Benjamín Naishtat & Esteban Bigliardi – Glaxo

World premiering at the 2026 Toronto Intl. Film Festival,...

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...
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