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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The Kitchen | Review

The Kitchen, God’s Wife: Berloff Doesn’t Bring the Heat in Halting Melodrama Hell may as yet have no fury like a woman scorned, but the...

Light of My Life | Review

If You’re a Boy or a Girl: Affleck Explores Gender in the Post-Apocalypse Nearly a decade after his stunt documentary I’m Not Here (2010), actor...

Coincoin and the Extra-Humans | Review

E.T. Clone Home: Dumont Gets Delirious in Sci-Fi Themed Series Sequel Ever the nonconformist, French auteur Bruno Dumont seems to be in the midst of...

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood | Review

California Dreamin’: Tarantino Dons Nostalgic Pastiche of Doomed Decadence The lurid fascination and mildewed devotion for the transitional glory days of late 1960s Hollywood, informed...

The Conversation: Vying for Venice 2019 – Predictions!

Once again, Venice seems poised to make a killing by featuring a number of high-profile US auteurs in its line-up. Like last year’s program,...

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2026 TIFF: Siân Heder’s ‘Being Heumann’ Selected as TIFF Opener

We have a trio of Gala Presentation offerings to...

Black Money for White Nights | 2026 Karlovy Vary Film Festival Review

Steal Big, Steal Little: Grozeva & Valchanov Deliver Just...

The Guest | 2026 Karlovy Vary Film Festival Review

You’ll (Dis)Like My Mother: Mengel Mars a Celebration With his...
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