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:

And Their Children After Them | 2024 Venice Film Festival Review

Teenage Wasteland: Boukherma Bros. Sprawl with Coming-of-Age Melodrama French directing twins Ludovic & Zoran Boukherma swing hard with their fourth feature, And Their Children After...

Three Friends (Trois amies) | 2024 Venice Film Festival Review

Lyon Lies Bleeding: Mouret Explores L’amour Fou (Encore) Even for those unfamiliar with the filmography of Emmanuel Mouret, his latest film, Three Friends will unequivocally...

Kill the Jockey | 2024 Venice Film Festival Review

They Kill Horse Riders, Don’t They?: Ortega Puzzles with Deadpan Metaphors Nothing is what it appears to be in Argentinean Luis Ortega’s latest film Kill...

Quiet Life | 2024 Venice Film Festival Review

Do You Know Where You’re Going To?: Avranas Analyzes Syndrome of a New Century For his fifth narrative feature, Quiet Life, Greek Weird Wave alum...

By the Stream | 2024 Locarno Film Festival Review

Right Sketch, Wrong Skit: Sangsoo Scans Patterns in Bittersweet Interludes Perspectives of regret and the uncertain odyssey of retrospection emphasize the undertones of perennial auteur...

Breaking

Love (Kjærlighet) | Review

Ain’t Nothin’ But Sex Misspelled: Haugerud Continues Quiet, Earnest...

Sister Midnight | Review

Crazy On You: Kandhari’s Strange Fantasy of Madness It’s been...

The Damned | Review

The Damned Do Cry: Minervini Details a Doomed Mission For...

Exclusive Clip: It’s Chill Vibes (for Now) in Pedro Pinho’s ‘I Only Rest In The Storm’

After premiering The Nothing Factory in the Directors' Fortnight...
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