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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We Summon the Darkness | Review

Heaven and Earth: Meyers Tackles Organized Religion with Droll Thriller Director Marc Meyers returns to the isolating terrors of the rural Midwest in a different...

Sea Fever | Review

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea: Hardiman Finds Humanity in the Horror We’ve seen countless films about bands of isolated humans in...

Why Don’t You Just Die! | Review

The Kalashnikov Sonata: Sokolov Serves Pulp in Enjoyably Nasty Debut Hell hath no fury like a struggling actress, at least as it’s played in the...

Criterion Collection: Leave Her to Heaven (1945) | Blu-ray Review

“I’ll never let you go,” Gene Tierney’s Ellen Berent coos to her husband/victim in the 1945 melodrama film-noir Leave Her to Heaven. It’s a...

Never Rarely Sometimes Always | Review

The Story of Women: Hittman Hits Home Run with Stellar, Topical Abortion Drama How often have you seen an abortion drama, in any language, which...

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Interview: Zamo Mkhwanazi – Laundry (2025)

Rooted in an observational, character-driven approach, Zamo Mkhwanazi's work...

Interview: Kaouther Ben Hania – The Voice of Hind Rajab

When I was actively watching Kaouther Ben Hania’s devastating...

2026 Oscars: The Golden Globe Six Among the International Feature Shortlist

The Oscars have announced the shortlists in 12 categories...
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