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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The Mastermind | Review

Thieves Like Us: Reichardt Wanders with an Inscrutable Slacker Abstract paintings are not the only undefined objects in The Mastermind, the latest from Kelly Reichardt,...

Alpha | Review

Turn to Stone: Ducournau Hits a Wall with Disease Allegory “Death is the cure for all illness,” wrote English writer Thomas Browne, which is a...

Frankenstein | Review

The Seat of the Soul: Del Toro Takes Aim at Shelley’s Monster Much like its title has been confused as reference to an abominable creation...

Blue Moon | Review

The Unbearable Lightness of Seeing: Linklater Pays Homage to a Broken Hart Lorenz Hart was a lonely hunter. If you believe you haven’t heard of...

It Was Just an Accident | Review

Phantom Limb: Panahi Treads Ripples of Retribution Jafar Panahi continues to poke the bear with It Was Just an Accident, his latest being another film...

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