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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Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person | Review

Sentimental Succubus: Louis-Seize Finds Love is All Consuming in Vampire Rom-Com “Love means never having to say you’re sorry” read the tagline for the quintessential...

Green Border | Review

The Good Pole: Holland’s Humanitarian Drama a Steady Drizzle of Misery Porn The difference between an exploitation vs. a social issue film can sometimes be...

Kinds of Kindness | Review

Bounds of Boundaries: Lanthimos Entertains Himself with Bizarre Triptych It’s safe to say Yorgos Lanthimos has undoubtedly entered the oblivious, self-indulgent era of his career...

Thelma | Review

Grandma Scamma: Margolin Steals a Win with Squibb Although there’s a prodigious sub-genre of kooky comedies featuring elderly resilient women (though more often in European...

Firebrand | Review

One Survived: Ainouz Attempts to Give a Queen Her Due The Tudor era has maintained public fascination for the past five hundred years, a linchpin...

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