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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The Conversation: Top 10 of 2020 Thus Far …

Our chief film critic Nicholas Bell offers his top ten in a (film) year are unlikely to forget. As per usual, this middle point...

7500 | Review

Code Known: Gordon-Levitt Shines in Intense Procedural Thriller from Vollrath We’ve seen plenty of big budget Hollywood films dealing with airplane hijackings, to which sensitivity...

The Girl with a Bracelet | Review

Murder was the Case That They Gave Her: Demoustier Delivers a Chilly Courtroom Thriller While it’s far from the first film to examine the popular,...

Mr. Jones | Review

Truth Be Told: Holland Revisits the Horror of the Holodomor Polish director Agnieszka Holland returns to a subject matter favored in her most memorable offerings—lost...

Miss Juneteenth | Review

Queens Without a Crown: Peoples Mines Strength and Resilience in Quiet Drama “I learned the truth at seventeen/That love was meant for beauty queens,” Janis...

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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