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.

Exclusive articles:

Last Summer (L’Été dernier) | Review

One Deadly Summer: Breillat Agitates Another Sexual Taboo Suddenly, last summer, a successful lawyer who has it all risks throwing her life away with an...

20,000 Species of Bees | Review

The Secret Life of Bees: Solaguren’s Warm Debut Explores the Communal Dictation of Gender Identity Our relationship to our gender and sexual identities is...

The Vourdalak | Review

Love in the Blood: Beau Resurrects Russian Vampire Clan in Eccentric Genre Throwback Chuck Palahniuk wrote it best, referencing an ‘old saying’ in his 1996...

Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person | Review

Sentimental Succubus: Louis-Seize Finds Love is All Consuming in Vampire Rom-Com “Love means never having to say you’re sorry” read the tagline for the quintessential...

Green Border | Review

The Good Pole: Holland’s Humanitarian Drama a Steady Drizzle of Misery Porn The difference between an exploitation vs. a social issue film can sometimes be...

Breaking

Pillion | Review

Sit & Deliver: Lighton Assumes Positions in Titillating Debut There’s...

Interview: György Pálfi & Zsófia Ruttkay – Hen

In 2025 cinema embraced the POV of our winged...

2025 Les Arcs Film Festival: New Lisa Brühlmann, Mar Coll & Lina Soualem Projects In Development

A longstanding champion of emerging European cinema, the Les...

Nouvelle Vague | Review

Make Me Lose My Breath: Linklater Meddles in Manicured...
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