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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If I Had Legs I’d Kick You | Review

You’ll Like My Mother: Bronstein Lets Us Feel the Byrne Motherhood approaches the verge of the horrific in If I Had Legs I’d Kick You,...

The Hyperboreans | Review

From the Land of Ice and Snow: Cocina & Leon Pursue Hermetical Cinematic Spell To say the latest feature from the experimentally inclined Chilean directing...

A House of Dynamite | Review

On a Nuclear Day You Can See Forever: Bigelow’s Living in a Powder-keg, Giving Off Sparks With the doomsday clock adjusted to eighty-nine seconds to...

The Ice Tower (La Tour de Glace) | Review

Hearts of Glass: Hadžihalilović Casts a Wintry Spell A chilly scene of winter unfolds in La Tour de Glace (The Ice Tower) at a glacial...

The Smashing Machine | Review

Raging Lull: Safdie Pays Homage to a Trailblazer The ultimate purpose of The Smashing Machine, the latest film from Benny Safdie, is to give credit...

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Interview: Óliver Laxe – Sirāt

In his debut You Are All Captains (2010), Óliver...

The Secret Agent | Review

Mischief, Thou Art Afoot: Filho Captivates with Seductive, Furtive...

Interview: Kleber Mendonça Filho & Wagner Moura – The Secret Agent

Winner of the Best Director and Best Actor prizes...

Interview: Chloé Zhao & Jessie Buckley – Hamnet

In one of 2025’s most searing dramatic screen performances,...
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