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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My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea | Review

Teenage Dirtbag, Baby: Shaw’s Odd, Amusing Portrait of Stylized Teen Angst If some teenage version of Reading Rainbow coughed up a hallucinatory fever dream into...

Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer

Fixer Downer: Cedar Unleashes Fascinating Portrait of Aggravating Underdog There’s an unshakeable sadness to Israeli director Joseph Cedar’s English language debut Norman: The Moderate Rise...

The Lost City of Z | Review

Zed and Buried: Gray’s Period Adventure a Meticulous Throwback of Epic Filmmaking American auteur James Gray unveils his most provocative film yet with the painstaking,...

Lifeboat | Blu-ray Review

The 1940s was a fruitful decade for Alfred Hitchcock, the period in which he scored three of his five Academy Award nominations for Best...

Property is No Longer a Theft | Blu-ray Review

Elio Petri remains one of the unsung auteurs of Italian cinema, a master of the grotesque and bizarre, who’s morbid narratives were often more...

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My Wife Cries | 2026 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review

Where Did Our Love Go?: Schanalec Deconstructs the Break-Up...

Queen at Sea | 2026 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review

(Get) Away From Her: Hammer Returns with Elder Ethical...

Trial of Hein (Der Heimatlose) | 2026 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review

Far From Home: Stänicke’s Direction Leaves the Audience Marooned How...

The Blood Countess | 2026 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review

There Will (Not) Be Blood: Ottinger Returns with Anemic...
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