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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Unforgettable | Review

It Must Have Been Love: Di Novi Debuts with Classic Camp Tropes For her directorial debut, Unforgettable, producer Denise Di Novi attempts to resurrect the...

Slack Bay | Review

Bay of Pigs: Dumont Sails Away into Macabre Absurdity Stated best within the immortal and oft referenced introduction to Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina, “Happy families are...

The Student | Review

Class Act: Serebrennikov Illustrates the Perils of Fundamentalism Kirill Serebrennikov, one of several rising auteurs from Russia’s troubling political regime, reaches his widest platform yet...

Criterion Collection: Buena Vista Social Club | Blu-ray Review

The name Buena Vista Social Club is a recycled moniker, one which has acquired several layers of cultural resonance since it became absorbed into...

Anatahan (1953) | Blu-ray Review

In one of the distributor’s most exciting unveilings of 2017, Kino Lorber re-released Josef Von Sternberg’s obscure final film Anatahan (1953) in early February....

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Interview: Scandar Copti – A Childhood (Work in Progress)

Known for blurring the boundaries between fiction and documentary,...

2026 César Awards: Carine Tardieu’s ‘The Ties That Binds Us’ Lands Best Film

It was a rare Thursday night ceremony for the...

What Does that Nature Say to You | Review

The Parent Trap: Sang-soo Takes Sideways Swipe at Social...

2026 Berlin International Film Festival – Checklist of Our Coverage

IONCINEMA.com’s Chief Film Critic Nicholas Bell reviewed the entire...
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