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:

Dunkirk | Review

The Art of War: Nolan Wages War of the Senses in Visceral Reenactment On all accounts as noble a cinematic endeavor as it is sheer...

Kekszakallu | Review

A Man’s World: Solnicki Scores with Experimental Exercise in Ennui and Agency Standing as the most enigmatic art-house debut to achieve limited theatrical release stateside,...

Footnotes | Review

The Tread Shoes: Calori and Testut Hoof through Musical Homage Directors Paul Calori and Kostia Testut face something of an uphill battle with their directorial...

The Untamed | Review

The Pleasure Principle: Escalante Makes a Monster Mash with Distinctive Social Drama The shadow of Andrzej Zulawski’s infamous erotic creature feature/divorce melodrama Possession (1981) looms...

The Midwife | Review

Midwife Crisis: Provost Squanders Fine Cast in Trite Melodrama The essence of French director Martin Provost’s latest film The Midwife is supposed to revolve around...

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Nightborn | 2026 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review

Only Mothers Left Alive: Bergholm Tackles Motherhood Malaise Finnish director...

Dao | 2026 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review

Family Rituals: Gomis Goes For Broke in Sprawling Epic With...

Everybody Digs Bill Evans | 2026 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review

A Jazzman’s Blues: Gee Strikes the Right Chords in...
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