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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Fatale [Video Review]

Une Femme Est Une Femme: Taylor Tries Temptation in Derivative Neo-Noir Infidelity, yet again, provides the impetus for a conveniently staged adult contemporary thriller from...

Hunter Hunter [Video Review]

Sheep Thrills: Linden Gets Under Your Skin with Slow Burn Thriller Canada’s Shawn Linden certainly leaves a lasting impression with his third outing, Hunter Hunter,...

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom [Video Review]

It’s Rainey’s Men: Wolfe Wows with Ardent Adaptation of Eloquent Wilson Play August Wilson, arguably the most notable and influential Black playwright lionized for his...

The Stand In [Video Review]

Double and Nothing: Babbit Blunders on Binary Barrymore Jamie Babbit doubles down on Drew Barrymore for her sixth feature, The Stand In, a somewhat standard...

Wild Mountain Thyme [Video Review]

Birds & Bees: Shanley Returns with Shopworn Romance Director John Patrick Shanley returns with his third feature Wild Mountain Thyme, based on his own 2014...

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Interview: Hédi Zardi Atlas Workshop – 2026 Marrakech Film Festival

The Atlas Workshops provide artistic and professional support to...

Possible Love | Review

Blue is the Warmest Collar: Chang-dong Prepares a Touch...

Lee Chang-dong – Possible Love

For his seventh feature film, Korean master filmmaker Lee...

Interview: Travis Knight – Wildwood

Among those that play the long game we could...
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