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:

The Furnace | 2020 Venice Film Festival Review

Easier for a Camel: MacKay Unearths Troubling History in Revisionist Western Debut Like Jennifer Kent before him with 2018’s The Nightingale, director Roderick MacKay mines...

Apples | 2020 Venice Film Festival Review

Blight of My Life: Nikou Finds Meaning Through Its Absence in Exceptional Debut Somewhere along the way, the Greek Weird Wave has seemingly evolved from...

Mulan | Review

Woman is the Future of Man: Caro Adapts a Folklore Classic for Western Eyes At first glance, Disney’s live-action reboot of Mulan, a long-gestating project...

Exes and Ohs: Regression Tension in Tewkesbury’s Debut “Old Boyfriends” (1979) | Blu-ray Review

“What happens when you see them again?” reads the tagline for Old Boyfriends (1979), the directorial debut of screenwriter Joan Tewkesbury, a question which...

I’m Thinking of Ending Things | Review

In Search of Lost Time Regained: Kaufman Mutates Memory and Meaning “The real voyage of discovery consists of not in seeking new lands but seeing...

Breaking

Closure | Review

Seriousness Sensationalized: Marczak Uses a Father in Turmoil to...

Prince | 2026 London BFI Film Festival Review

All Bark No Bite: Borgia’s Doggy Domestic Never Gets...

Interview: Hédi Zardi Atlas Workshop – 2026 Marrakech Film Festival

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