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:

Charter | 2020 Sundance Film Festival Review

The Custody of Love: Kernell Returns with Emotionally Wrought Portrait of a Mother’s Love Consider the standard, universally familiar (i.e., acceptable) narrative of fathers who...

High Tide | 2020 Sundance Film Festival Review

The Moon in the Gutter: Chen Turns Tables in Taut Character Study Argentina’s Veronica Chen adds to the annals of violent amour fou with her...

Exil | 2020 Sundance Film Festival Review

Fugee Fugue: Perceptions and Paranoia Make Bitter Bedfellows in Morina’s Drama For anyone who’s ever experienced the phenomenon of ‘otherness,’ Visar Morina’s terrific sophomore film...

Summer White | 2020 Sundance Film Festival Review

Sons & Lovers: Patterson Explores the Trouble with Sharing the Love in Subdued Debut The subject of the single mother is a scenario rife for...

The Corrupted | Review

Crime Time: Scalpello Skirts the Underbelly in Generic, Capable Thriller We’ve reached a point where something like The Corrupted, the latest offering from Britain’s Ron...

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Central Park Deprive: Janicza Bravo to Direct True Crime Media Frenzied ‘Preppy’

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Jouhatsu Junction: Humanist Vampire… Helmer Ariane Louis-Seize Picking ‘Cherry Blossoms’

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2027 Oscars: Japan (not France) Submits Hamaguchi’s ‘All of a Sudden’ in International Feature Race

Canada submits Berlinale winner Nina Roza by Geneviève Dulude-de...
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