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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Tuesday Blus: Caught Dead in Red Rings of Fear

Fans of Massimo Dallamano’s seminal and seedy 1972 giallo What Have You Done to Solange? will likely be attracted to the newly available transfer...

First Reformed | Review

Through a Glass Starkly: Schrader Delivers a Master Study on Despair and Extremism Priests, and their psychic struggle with obligation to the cloth, have always...

The Conversation: In the Cannes – 2018: Burning, Donbass & Climax Top the List

In a surprisingly unpredictable and overall enjoyable 71st edition of the Cannes Film Festival, the Cate Blanchett led jury awarded Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Shoplifters the...

The House That Jack Built | 2018 Cannes Film Festival Review

Lars and the Unreal Girls: The Danish Provocateur Pushes Buttons in Cruel, Grotesque Portrait of a Serial Killer “O Muse, Recount to me the Causes”...

The Gentle Indifference Of The World | 2018 Cannes Film Festival Review

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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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