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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Tomb Raider | Review

A Tomb of One’s Own: Uthuag Cracks a Croft Pot with Video Game Reboot Norwegian helmer Roar Uthaug, who scored an international breakthrough with his...

Tuesday Blus: On the Metro with Peerce’s The Incident & Mother’s Little Helper in Atlman’s Images

This week’s edition of Tuesday Blus includes the following titles: Call Me By Your Name Film Review: ★★★½/☆☆☆☆☆ Disc Review: ★★★/☆☆☆☆☆ Winning one of its four Oscar nominations...

Hannah | Review

No Whale Out: Pallaoro Strikes Somber Chords with Pitch Perfect Rampling You’ll be hard pressed to find another melodrama as inconspicuously tightlipped as Andrea Pallaoro’s...

Interview: Bavo Defurne & Yves Verbraeken – Souvenir

We met with director Bavo Defurne and screenwriter Yves Verbraeken following the premiere of their sophomore collaboration Souvenir at the Toronto International Film Festival...

Red Sparrow | Review

Bird of Prey: Lawrence Tries a Red Scare with Gritty Espionage Thriller Like the Marquis de Sade outfitted for a contemporaneous tangent of the...

Breaking

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

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

Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother | 2026 Toronto Intl. Film Festival Review

Holy War: Mahershala Ali Unleashes Fatherly Vengeance Your Mother Your...

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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