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:

Frankenstein | Review

The Seat of the Soul: Del Toro Takes Aim at Shelley’s Monster Much like its title has been confused as reference to an abominable creation...

Blue Moon | Review

The Unbearable Lightness of Seeing: Linklater Pays Homage to a Broken Hart Lorenz Hart was a lonely hunter. If you believe you haven’t heard of...

It Was Just an Accident | Review

Phantom Limb: Panahi Treads Ripples of Retribution Jafar Panahi continues to poke the bear with It Was Just an Accident, his latest being another film...

If I Had Legs I’d Kick You | Review

You’ll Like My Mother: Bronstein Lets Us Feel the Byrne Motherhood approaches the verge of the horrific in If I Had Legs I’d Kick You,...

The Hyperboreans | Review

From the Land of Ice and Snow: Cocina & Leon Pursue Hermetical Cinematic Spell To say the latest feature from the experimentally inclined Chilean directing...

Breaking

Sumo: Spirit Weighs Nothing | 2026 London BFI Film Festival Review

A Heavy Toll: Shirai’s Artful Take on the Body...

Interview: Virginie Efira – All of a Sudden

In All of a Sudden (read review), Virginie Efira delivers...

Interview: Nathalia Acevedo – Salón de belleza

Actress-turned-filmmaker Nathalia Acevedo made her feature directorial debut with...

Fjord | Review

Uncanny Valley: Mungiu Explores Liberated Prisons Totalitarian mentality is driven...
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