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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Summer of 85 (Été 85) | Review

Summertime Sadness: Ozon Casts Yonder Glance at the Boys of Summer Rare is the year without a fresh offering from perennial French favorite François Ozon,...

Roaring 20’s | 2021 Tribeca Film Festival Review

Walking & Talking: Vogler Captures the Bustling & Bebopping of Distinctive Parisian Summer Decades from now, the cinematic impact of projects conceived of and filmed...

The Kids | 2021 Tribeca Film Festival Review

The Kids Aren’t All Right: Martin Offers a Case Study on Exploitation from 90s Cult Film It’s mind boggling to look back on the not-too-distant...

The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It [Video Review]

Satan’s Cheerleaders: Chaves Dowses Shallow Waters in Spiritless Witch Hunt As we continue to plunder the mixed-up files of Ed and Lorraine Warren, the infamous...

Gully [Video Review]

Goodbye South Central, Goodbye: Elderkin Grapples with Uneven Urban Soap Opera If Donald Goines had written YA literature, it might have looked something like Gully,...

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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...
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