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 House with a Clock in Its Walls | Review

Clockwatchers: Roth Goes YA Route with Surprisingly Sweet Results It goes without saying, horror director Eli Roth, once part of the perversely coined Splat Pack...

Colette | Review

Elle Époch: Westmoreland Recuperates a Literary Giant in Appealingly Frank Biopic After winning the Sundance Grand Jury Prize for the 2005 breakout film Quinceañera, co-directors...

Lizzie | Review

Walk Away Genet: Macneill Revisits the Lurid Case of Lizzie Borden in Fascinating, Empowering Psychological Portrait For true crime aficionados, there is perhaps no figure...

Five Fingers for Marseilles | Review

Finger Food: Matthews Attempts to Mount a Western in Modern Colonialist Trauma Kudos to director Michael Matthews and screenwriter Sean Drummond for taking the time...

The Conversation: Vox Lux Leads Best of TIFF 2018

As the Toronto International Film Festival continues to downsize its programming and say adieu to CEO and Director Piers Handling for its 2018 edition,...

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Interview: Marine Atlan – La Gravida | 2026 Cannes Film Festival

This year, the Critics' Week gifted us a feature...

Interview: Abinash Bikram Shah – Elephants in the Fog | 2026 Cannes Film Festival

Making his second splash in Cannes after seeing his...

Interview: Rakan Mayasi – Yesterday the Eye Didn’t Sleep | 2026 Cannes Film Festival

Set within a tightly knit Bedouin community in Lebanon,...
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