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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Architecton | Review

Judgment in Stone: Kossakovsky Gazes Into the Concrete Jungle Celebrated documentarian Viktor Kossakovsky explores our complex relationship with concrete in the abstract visual feast, Architecton....

Harvest | Review

Sheep, Sheep, Sheep: Tsangari’s Monotonous Treatise on Modernization Adapted from a novel by Jim Croce, Harvest is Greek auteur Athina Rachel Tsangari's third feature narrative,...

Eddington | Review

No Country for Smart Men: Aster Satirizes the Obvious It would seem all is actually for naught in Eddington, Ari Aster’s sprawling, meandering fourth and...

Wild Diamond (Diamant Brut) | Review

Teenage Wasteland: Riedinger’s Debut a Familiar Coming-of-Age Parade All that glitters isn’t gold, but social media success can break the mould. At least that’s the...

Kill the Jockey | Review

They Kill Horse Riders, Don’t They?: Ortega Puzzles with Deadpan Metaphors Nothing is what it appears to be in Argentinean Luis Ortega’s latest film Kill...

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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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