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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Woman Unknown | 2026 Venice Film Festival Review

The Penile Code: el-Toukhy Explores the Gendered Paradox of Liberation Something is certainly rotten in the state of Denmark following the country’s liberation from Nazi...

The Echo Chamber | 2026 Venice Film Festival Review

An Affair to Disremember: Pallaoro Explores the Unbearable Bleakness of Being Love is hardly a many-splendored thing in The Echo Chamber, the fourth feature directed...

Oase (Oasis) | 2026 Venice Film Festival Review

The Child Inside: Lenz Explores the Virtues of Violence For his narrative feature debut Oasis, Jannis Lenz channels contemporary intergenerational neglect and the inherent apathy...

Possible Love | 2026 Venice Film Festival Review

Blue is the Warmest Collar: Chang-dong Prepares a Touch of Class Boiled down to its core essence, Possible Love, the first feature from South Korean...

It Will Happen Tonight (Succederà questa notte) | 2026 Venice Film Festival Review

The Birds, the Bees and the (Displaced) Italians: Moretti Tries Amour For In the latter half of his career, revered Italian director Nanni Moretti has...

Breaking

Children of the Monkey (I figli della scimmia) | 2026 Venice Film Festival Review

The Favorited Son: Landucci Looks at How Love Can...

Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother | 2026 Toronto Intl. Film Festival Review

Holy War: Mahershala Ali Unleashes Fatherly Vengeance Your Mother Your...

Back to Buenos Aires | 2026 Venice Film Festival Review

The Doctor and the Devils: Bechis Explores the Agony...

A Bit of Light | 2026 Venice Film Festival Review

Under the Cherry Moon: Asgari Lets the Sun Shine...
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