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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Who by Fire (Comme le feu) | Review

Into the Woods: Lesage Explores Wounded Masculinities In Vincent Sherman’s 1943 Bette Davis-led melodrama Old Acquaintance, the complex relationship between a pair of female frenemies...

The Empire (L’Empire) | Review

The Satire Strikes Back: Dumont Claims His Own Multi-Verse It’s sometimes difficult to predict what mode French auteur Bruno Dumont will be choosing for his...

Mickey 17 | Review

Born to Die: Joon-ho Beguiles with Irreverent Sci-Fi Socio-Satire After significant delays, Bong Joon-ho’s highly anticipated Mickey 17 at last arrives with all his signature...

World War III | Review

War & Fleece: Seyyedi’s Swiftly Shifting Satire Explores the Corrupting Nature of Power In one of the most unromanticized depictions of the filmmaking process, Iranian...

Reflection in a Dead Diamond | 2025 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review

Feed My Fetish, Please: Cattet & Forzani Pay Homage to the Eurospy in Dazzling Pastiche Whether giallo gore or Western shaped, their films don’t lose...

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Bugonia | Review

When Will They Ever Learn?: Lanthimos Turns to Eco-Horror Yorgos...

Hedda | Review

Party Time: Nia DaCosta Throws A Forgettable Rager If you’ve...
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