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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Coffee & Kareem | Review

Fecal Weapon: Dowse Gets Derivative with (Another) Odd Couple Comedy The odd couple dynamic in comedy is as old as the genre itself, and thus,...

The Other Lamb | Review

Lamb Tied to (Mis)Take: Szumowska Gets Culty with English Language Debut Cults seem to be making something of a comeback in popular film culture, which...

Butt Boy | Review

Butt, I Won’t Do That: Cornack Redefines Anal Retentive in Crass Comedy Although it requires a healthy suspension of disbelief in order for it...

Criterion Collection: Bamboozled (2000) | Blu-ray Review

That Spike Lee remains one of the true provocative soothsayers of cinema should come as no surprise, yet it’s an epiphany for those reconsidering...

Criterion Collection: Teorema (1968) | Blu-ray Review

“Whatever the bourgeois do is wrong?” is a question posited in the flurried opening segment of Pier Paolo Pasolini’s arcane arthouse classic Teorema, a...

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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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