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:

Random Acts of Violence | Review

The Violent Bear It Away: Baruchel Turns Murder into Art with Fragmented Debut An exercise which navigates the oft-blurred lines between art and exploitation, actor...

The Silencing | Review

The Quiet Canadian: Pront Returns to the Woods with Canadian Thriller Belgian director Robin Pront reveals his fixation with rural neo-noir in sophomore film and...

Project Power | Review

Speak Truth to Power: Schulman & Joost Present a Jagged Little Pill Directing duo Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost continue their genre-tinged explorations of continually...

Sputnik | Review

This Time It’s Cold War: Abramenko Revamps a Xenomorph with Effective Potboiler Just when you think a familiar formula might have run all its potential...

Unhinged | Review

Despite of His Rage: Borte Bottlenecks with Brutal Thriller Road rage finds a suitable vehicle in the latest film from director Derrick Borte, Unhinged, which...

Breaking

Total Eclipse of the Art: Markus Schleinzer Sets Christian Friedel as ‘Klaus’ Nomi

Fresh off the acclaimed Berlinale premiere of his third...

No Disappearing Act Here: Kino Lorber Locates Manuela Martelli’s ‘The Meltdown’

Following its Un Certain Regard premiere at Cannes, Manuela...

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...
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