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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I’m Still Here (Ainda Estou Aqui) | Review

Still Missing: Salles Returns with Survivors of the Dictatorship “The dictatorship’s mistakes was to torture but not kill,” former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro proudly claimed...

The Substance | Review

Woman of Substance: Fargeat Rejuvenates Body Horror with Pulpy Parable To borrow a succinct phrase from Beyonce, ‘pretty hurts,’ a sentiment quivering through Coraline Fargeat’s...

Pepe | Review

Cocaine Hippo: de Los Santos Arias Explores an Assassination To say Pepe, the second narrative feature from Dominican director Nelson Carlos de Los Santos Arias,...

Nosferatu (2024) | Review

Basic Instincts: Eggers Taps Into the Bloodlust with Vampy Remake It would seem there’s no one more fitting than Robert Eggers to mount a remake...

Vermiglio | Review

Baby Machines: Delpero Designs Tapestry of Women’s Miseries During WWII Italy Despite the associations suggested by its title, Maura Delpero’s sophomore film Vermiglio is a...

Breaking

Artificial | 2026 London BFI Film Festival Review

The End of The World as we Know it:...

Ray Gunn | 2026 London BFI Film Festival Review

An Open and Shut Case: Bird’s Passion Project Feels...

Sumo: Spirit Weighs Nothing | 2026 London BFI Film Festival Review

A Heavy Toll: Shirai’s Artful Take on the Body...

Interview: Virginie Efira – All of a Sudden

In All of a Sudden (read review), Virginie Efira delivers...
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