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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In the Earth | Review

Middling Earth: Wheatley Explores Favored Motifs in Pensive Pandemic Exercise If we’ve gleaned anything about circumventing Mother Nature, perhaps those 1970s Chiffon margarine commercials featuring...

The Power | Review

Night Nurse: Faith Finds the Night the Lights Went Out on the Patriarchy in Moody Debt Director Corinna Faith makes fine use of period and...

Voyagers [Video Review]

It’s the Journey, Not the Destination: Burger Hurtles into Space for Humanity’s Last Stand Perhaps it’s not what Emerson envisioned, but the sentiment remains the...

Thunder Force | Review

May the Force Dismiss You: Falcone & McCarthy Amuse Themselves in Latest Improv Heavy Exercise Comedy is harder than it looks, especially if one is...

Giants Being Lonely | Review

Two Heads Are Better Than One: Patterson Paints a Teenage Wasteland in Striking Debut In the realm of arthouse cinema, the coming-of-age melodrama is but...

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...
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