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.

Exclusive articles:

The Macaluso Sisters | Review

Sister Acts: Dante Wallows in Tragedy Defined Sisterhood Director Emma Dante spins a melancholic web of familial woe following five women defined by tragic circumstances...

Never Gonna Snow Again | Review

Intimate Strangers: Szumowska & Englert Explore Despondency & Isolation Our innate capacity for constructing the vehicles of our own alienation and ennui inform the backdrop...

Mama Weed | Review

Selective Affinities: High-Fives for Huppert & Hannelore Cayre in Vivacious French Neo-noir Often described as cold, icy, impassive, and inscrutable, the performances of Isabelle Huppert,...

Annette | Review

Henry Fool: Music & Misogyny Explored in Glossy Return of Carax Like nearly all of Leos Carax’s films over the past thirty years (of which...

Dramarama [Video Review]

Great Expectations: Wysocki’s Debut a Loving Homage to the Dog Days of Highschool For those well-versed in indie queer cinema, a major template and through...

Breaking

2026 Cannes Film Festival Predictions: Palme d’Or – Part 1

In less than two weeks, Thierry Frémaux will unveil...

YES | Review

Break My Soul: Lapid Explores Compromised Artistry During Wartime Essentially,...

Kontinental ’25 | Review

Can You Ever Forgive Me?: Jude Skewers the Status...

Alpha | Review

Turn to Stone: Ducournau Hits a Wall with Disease...
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