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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Under the Tree | Review

I Feel Petty: Sigurdsson Dispels the Myth of Polite Society with Sharp Social Satire Hell may be other people, but it’s most certainly your...

Cukor Goes Crazy with A Bill of Divorcement (1932) | Blu-ray Review

A dated romantic melodrama based on a 1920s play by Clemence Dane (who won a Best Screenplay Oscar in 1945 for Alexander Korda’s Vacation...

Wise Gets Going with Cat People in a False Sequel The Curse of the Cat People (1944) | Blu-ray Review

An oddity amongst oddities from the annals of producer Val Lewton, 1944’s The Curse of the Cat People is an early example of Hollywood’s...

The Conversation: Best Foreign Language Oscar Contenders

While we’ve yet to see what will take home the Golden Lion out of Venice this September, many of the contenders for what will...

The Cakemaker | Review

I’ll Never Have That Recipe Again: Graizer Glazes Quiet Drama with Bittersweet Longing There’s an awful lot of complex intersectionality going on within Israeli director...

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The Debut | 2026 Toronto Intl. Film Festival Review

A Star Is Reborn: Julianne Moore Powers Jesse Eisenberg’s...

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

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

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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