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 Tale of King Crab | Review

Shellfish People: Rigo de Righi & Matteo Zoppis Craft Unique Narrative Steeped in Oral Tradition For their directorial debut The Tale of King Crab, directors...

Paris, 13th District (Les Olympiades) | Review

Same Old Song & Angst: Audiard Misfires with Millennial Love Tugs Jacques Audiard turns to youth culture amour fou with his latest feature, Paris, 13th...

Aline | Review

The Face of Another: Lemercier Normalizes Weird Choices in Bizarre Biopic Like something novel born out of a 30 Rock satire (remember the unauthorized Janis...

Ambulance | Review

Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop: Bays Busts the Panic Button in Rambunctious Heist Remake For a director who cut his teeth in music videos, Michael...

All the Old Knives | Review

The Worst Cut is the Deepest: Metz Revels in Tasty Romantic Thriller Emerging somewhere between the thorny love pacts of Graham Greene and the surefire...

Breaking

Interview: Jordan Firstman – Club Kid

I first took notice of Jordan Firstman through his...

Interview: Chris Rock & Daniel Kaluuya – Misty Green

Well-versed in a cinema working in different strands of...

7 Miles Out | 2026 London BFI Film Festival Review

She’s Lost Control: Morley’s Semi-Autobiographical Drama is Riddled with...

Interview: Benjamín Naishtat & Esteban Bigliardi – Glaxo

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