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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Man of Straw: Dearden’s Racially Charged Film Noir “Pool of London” (1951) | Blu-ray Review

For having the distinction of presenting one of cinema’s first interracial relationships between a black man and a white woman, Basil Dearden’s 1951 socially...

The High Note | Review

Do You Know Where You’re Going To?: Ganatra Gets Off-key with Recycled Formula Same shit, different day could have been a potential tagline for The...

Lucky Grandma | Review

Rob the Mob: Sealy Pushes a Grandmother into a Gang War in Enjoyable, Slight Debut Geriatrics involved in criminal activities have become something of a...

The Trip to Greece | Review

The Greece-y Strangler: Winterbottom Lays His Culinary Comedy Series to Rest Michael Winterbottom aims to kill his darlings with the fourth and final segment of...

Military Wives | Review

They Could Go on Singing: Cattaneo Conducts Choir in Formulaic Melodrama Director Peter Cattaneo resurfaces for his first narrative feature in over a decade...

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Interview: Lila Avilés – Cábula | 2026 Venice Gap-Financing Market

As part of our coverage at the recent Venice...

I Plant My Hand in the Garden | 2026 Venice Film Festival Review

Root Work: Taheri and Hadzija Disrupt the Symmetry There’s an...

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...
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