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.

Exclusive articles:

Inheritance | Review

Sins of the Father: Stein Mines Elitism in Absurd Melodrama “Does any daughter every really know her father?” is one of several wilting lines of...

The Lovebirds | Review

Murder Was the Case That They Gave Them: Showalter Gets Silly with Derivative Slapstick Director Michael Showalter reteams with Kumail Nanjiani after the success...

Body Cam | Review

Ghost Protocol: Vitthal Gets Supernatural with Hot Topic Horror Genre has always been a formidable platform to explore significant social ills in creative ways, often...

Castle in the Ground | Review

Opiate of the Masses: Klein Mines Comfort in Crises with Somber Addiction Odyssey The trauma of substance abuse and addiction has carved out a...

Blue Story | Review

Enemies, a Love Story: Rapman Rides the Waves of a Street War in Familiar Fashion Although it’s not quite West Side Story (1961), either in...

Breaking

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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