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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You Won’t Be Alone | Review

Practical Magic: Stolevski Impresses with Eloquent Folk Horror Trauma Nature and Nurture are the affixed ingredients in a codependent dance swirling under the surface of...

The Girl and the Spider | Review

A Roommate of One’s Own: The Zurcher Bros. Cast a Spell in Weirdo Existential Melodrama The two central characters of Ramon and Silvan Zurcher’s enchantingly...

Donbass | Review

Come and See: Loznitsa Crafts Overwhelming Nightmare of Modern War-torn Ukraine Dropping us directly into the wartime propaganda machine of modern-day eastern Ukraine, which has...

Bull | Review

All the Rage: Williams Returns with a (Familiar) Vengeance After a decade working in television, British director Paul Andrew Williams finally returns to narrative filmmaking...

The Rose Maker (La fine fleur) | Review

In the Name of the Rose: Frot Elevates Formulaic Melodrama from Pinaud “What is life without beauty?,” inquires antiquated rosarian Eve Vernet in Pierre Pinaud’s...

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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