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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How to Build a Girl | Review

The Girl Most Likely To…: Giedroyc Returns with Novel Coming-of-Age Dramedy In several respects, the trajectory of How to Build a Girl isn’t inherently new---a...

Arkansas | Review

Deal of Fortune: Duke Attempts Neo-noir in Passionless Debut Drug running is generally an unromantic career choice, at least up until the inevitable thrills to...

Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind | Review

This Property is Condemned: Bouzereau Recuperates an Icon with Familial Portrait Her death by drowning at the age of forty-three while vacationing on Catalina Island...

On a Magical Night | Review

A Room with a Screw: Honoré Waxes Playful on Marital Discord The flexibility (or lack thereof) of fidelity in heteronormative relationships is at the center...

Sex, Lies and Emancipate: Schlesinger Finds Fantasy in New Wave Classic “Billy Liar” (1963) | Blu-Ray Review

An important piece of the short-lived British New Wave of the early 1960s was John Schlesinger’s sophomore film Billy Liar (1963). But if the...

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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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