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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Zoology | Blu-ray Review

Russian director Ivan I. Tverdovsky became an automatic name in the cult films register with his 2016 sophomore film Zoology, an allegory about a...

Aquarius | Blu-ray Review

The political controversy which took place following the premiere of Kleber Mendonca Filho’s superb sophomore film had a rather unfortunate hobbling effect on its...

Wind River | Blu-ray Review

Arriving just in time to have the soured name of its US distributor The Weinstein Company shaved off prior to its awards season screenings...

The Conversation: Top 10 American Indie Filmmakers Missing in Action (Class of ’17)

Following up our last week’s offering of ten international directors who have been missing in action for the past five years or more, we...

A Bride for Rip Van Winkle | Review

(Not So) Bright Future: Iwai’s Returns with Troubling Portrait of Modern Love At the beginning of Japanese director Shunji Iwai’s latest film, A Bride for...

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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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