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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My Wife Cries | 2026 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review

Where Did Our Love Go?: Schanalec Deconstructs the Break-Up Drama True to form, or rather, anti-form, Angela Schanelec’s latest exercise, My Wife Cries (Meine Frau...

Queen at Sea | 2026 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review

(Get) Away From Her: Hammer Returns with Elder Ethical Dilemma It’s been nearly twenty years since Lance Hammer’s 2008 debut Ballast announced a major new...

The Blood Countess | 2026 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review

There Will (Not) Be Blood: Ottinger Returns with Anemic Vampire Comedy New German Wave legend Ulrike Ottinger returns with her long gestating project The Blood...

Truly Naked | 2026 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review

Father Knows Best: Intimacy Cuts Deepest in d’Ansembourg’s Debut “When porn has become the norm, intimacy is the new taboo,” reads an early tagline for...

Nina Roza | 2026 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review

Father Figure, Mother Tongue: Dulude-De Celles Curates Reconciliation It turns out you can go home again…but don’t expect not to confront psychic wounds left untended,...

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IONCINEPHILE of the Month: Lucia Aleñar Iglesias (Forastera)

IONCINEMA.com’s IONCINEPHILE of the Month highlights an emerging talent...

Interview: Lucía Aleñar Iglesias, Zoe Stein & Agnès Pique Corbera – Forastera (2025)

Long before Bergman’s Persona undertook its psychological and existential...

Renoir | Review

Family of Straw: Hayakawa Paints Busy Coming-of-Age Portrait Going in...
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