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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The Dark Tower | Review

Magic, the Smattering: Arcel’s Alchemy Proves Pointless in Pedestrian Adaptation Arguably, expectations may have been set a bit too high for The Dark Tower, the...

Columbus | Review

Floating Weeds: Kogonada Looks at the Shape of Things in Masterful Debut Kogonada, who may be familiar to most cineastes thanks to his video essays...

Kidnap | Review

Female of the Species: Berry Brings It in Middlebrow Action Drama Playing like a throwback to 1990s studio thrillers starring Oscar caliber actresses navigating survival...

Detroit | Review

Horror Hotel: Bigelow and Boal Recount Grim Chapter of Racial Disparity This year’s most harrowing horror movie, Kathryn Bigelow’s Detroit, happens to be based on...

Criterion Collection: L’Argent | Blu-ray Review

In more ways than one, L’Argent, the stunning final film of Robert Bresson, (anointed ‘patron saint of cinema’), plays like an eerie prequel to...

Breaking

Eagles of the Republic | Review

One Flew Over the Coup’s Nest: Saleh Muddles Through...

Erupcja | Review

Sympathy Is A Knife: Charli xcx Shines In This...

Interview: Pete Ohs – Erupcja (Work in Progress)

Filmmaker Pete Ohs likely needs no introduction, nor do...

2026 Telefilm Canada: Zarrar Kahn, Yung Chang, Sarah Gadon, Matt Johnson & Luis De Filippis Get Coin

Telefilm Canada are investing a significant amount of coin...
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