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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I Was at Home, But…. | Review

The Play’s the Thing: Schanelec Shines with Striking Dynamic on Artifice vs. Authenticity Words pour out of us, as the main character vocalizes in one...

Come Play [Video Review]

Only the Lonely: Chase Explores Childhood Traumas in Effective Horror Film The alienating effects of miscommunication with autistic loved ones is usually the stomping ground...

The Craft: Legacy [Video Review]

Magic, the Gathering: Lister-Jones Misplaces a Mythos with Missed Opportunity Sequel There’s no inherently proper way to engage in genre, which is what makes the...

The Place of No Words | Review

Words of a Feather: Webber Finds Catharsis Through Fantasy in Mournful Drama The exploration of death and grief through the eyes of a child lends...

Coming Home Again | Review

The Power of Goodbye: Wang Returns with Heartfelt Portrait of Grief The famous 1940 novel by Thomas Wolfe gave us the poetic metaphor about...

Breaking

Two Prosecutors | Review

Ordeal by Innocence: Loznitsa Mines the Terrors of Naïveté A...

2026 Eurimages: Kira Kovalenko, Monia Chokri & Camille Vidal-Naquet Land Coin

Some Cannes Film Festival alumni in Kira Kovalenko, Monia...

The Most Precious Of Cargoes | Review

The Zone of Disinterest: Hazanavicius Reanimates the Holocaust in...
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