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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Criterion Collection: An Unmarried Woman (1978) | Blu-ray Review

Academy-Award nominated writer/director Paul Mazursky makes his first entry into the Criterion canon with his sixth feature, the seminal (first-wave) feminist landmark An Unmarried...

The Truth | Review

I Remember Mama: Kore-eda Anoints Deneuve as a Diva in Pleasurable Drama A subtle exercise in the limited reality of both perspective and memory, auteur...

Irresistible | Review

Elephant Walk: Stewart Dulls the Sting of Political Campaigning Hypocrisy with Broad Satire The trick of a successful satire is to highlight stupidity or hypocrisy...

The Audition | Review

A History of Violins: Hoss at a Loss in Weisse’s Careful Character Study Actor Ina Weisse returns to the director’s chair for the first time...

The Last Tree | Review

A Tree Grows in London: Amoo Charts Familiar Coming of Age Drama Through Urban Pitfalls Cycles of violence and heartache in disenfranchised urban communities are...

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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