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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Hot Milk | Review

The Eternal Daughter: Lenkiewicz Ladles the Milk of Sorrows Screenwriter Rebecca Lenkiewicz makes her directorial debut with Hot Milk, an adaptation of Deborah Levy’s comically...

The Phoenician Scheme | Review

Much Ado About Fussing: Anderson Spills More Twee The Wes Anderson devotee cult has been searching for a way to justify his cinematic sainthood following...

Youth (Homecoming) | Review

Last Train to Zhili: Bing Brings Youth Cycle to Circular Close Wang Bing completes his ‘Youth’ trilogy with finale Youth (Homecoming), which features the most...

Youth (Hard Times) | Review

Make the Best of Us: Bing’s ‘Youth’ Cycle Expands Into the Gloom The middle part of Wang Bing’s Youth trilogy, Youth (Hard Times) perhaps more...

Woman and Child | 2025 Cannes Film Festival Review

All the Regime Allows: Roustaee Finds a Woman Scorned If there were ever an equivalent to the Hollywood ‘woman’s film’ genre in Iranian cinema it...

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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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