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 Batman | Review

Gotham, Open City: Reeves Reconstitutes an Anti-Hero in Moody Reboot Who would have ever predicted in the fifty-plus years since Adam West first donned the...

Mother Schmuckers | Review

O Brother, Why Art Thou?: The Guit Bros. Get Down & Out in Bizarre Debut Something is rotten in the state of Belgium, or so...

Fresh | Review

Meats for the Meat: Cave Goes for Broke in Gross Out Horror Debut You are what you eat is an adage taken to literal extremes...

My Best Part (Garçon chiffon) | Review

Green Eyes, They’re Crying: Maury Mines Sorrow in Tragicomic Debut Actor Nicolas Maury crafts his own starring vehicle in My Best Part (Garçon chiffon) as...

Servants | Review

A Separate Peace: Ostrochovský Crafts a Church Noir for Sophomore Feature For his sophomore narrative feature, Slovak director Ivan Ostrochovský recuperates a uniquely chilling scenario...

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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