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 Circle | Blu-ray Review

Indie darling James Ponsoldt experienced his first major hiccup with a swipe at the mainstream with tech thriller The Circle. Despite starring Harry Potter...

The Lovers | Blu-ray Review

A classy, complex affair, Azazel Jacobs scores his greatest achievement to date with The Lovers, taking a break from the adolescent, man-child ennui which...

The Conversation: Venice 2017 – Those Who Were Not Named

With Locarno and Venice’s recently announced competition line-ups, the last stand as far as 2017 festival circuit competition now sits with the soon to...

Menashe | Review

Not Without My Son: Weinstein Crafts Tender, Orthodox Familial Drama Graduating from documentary filmmaking to narrative cinema with Menashe, director Joshua Z. Weinstein examines universal...

Amnesia | Review

Never Forget: Schroeder Quietly Examines Cultural Identity in Isolation In an intriguingly varied career, which was kick started during the early days of the Nouvelle...

Breaking

Wild Horse Nine | 2026 Venice Film Festival Review

They Shoot Agents, Don’t They?: McDonagh Morosely Reflects a...

Bucking Fastard | 2026 Venice Film Festival Review

Sisters Doing It For Themselves: Herzog Returns with Theater...

Ink | 2026 Venice Film Festival Review

The Sun Also Rises: Boyle Explores the Origins of...
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