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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Just a Sigh | DVD Review

It’s been a long road for the slight but nevertheless worthwhile Just a Sigh from Jerome Bonnell, the French director’s English language debut which...

The Conversation: Producer Vincent Maraval

Since its inception in the late 1990s as a subsidiary of Studiocanal, before breaking off on its own in 2002, French distribution company Wild...

Life | Review

In Space No One Can See You Steal: Espinosa Imitates another Celluloid Form The vastness of space and the limitlessness of the universe are abstract,...

I, Olga Hepnarova | Review

Gray is the Cruelest Color: Kazda and Weinreb Resurrect a Murderess Unlike the hopeful social realism angle of the comparably titled Palme d’Or winning I,...

Metamorphoses | Review

Europa, Europa: Honore Eloquently Updates Ovid for Masterful, Playful Adaptation There really isn’t a modern counterpart (even if Francois Ozon might come close) for the...

Breaking

Home Stories | 2026 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review

The Unbearable Likeness of Being: Trobisch Mines Banality in...

Light Pillar | 2026 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review

Capitalism & The Cosmos: Jinwei Ambitiously Explores China’s Future...

Flies (Moscas) | 2026 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review

All the Small Things: Eimbcke Explores the Pleasures of...

Wolfram | 2026 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review

The Torn Birds: Thornton Returns to Brutality of the...
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