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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Babygirl | Review

Fuck Like No One’s Watching: Reijn Delivers Prudent & Provocative Sexual Odyssey “There is to my mind no doubt that the concept of beautiful had...

The Brutalist | Review

The Safety of Objectivism: Corbet Unleashes the Survival Instinct of Rational Egoism “The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody has decided...

The Room Next Door | Review

Triumph of the Will: Almodovar’s Muy Excelente English Debut “Women and fiction remain, so far as I am concerned, unsolved problems,” wrote Virginia Woolf in...

Nickel Boys | Review

No Country for Black Men: Ross Reforms the Cinema with Distinctive Adaptation In many ways, Nickel Boys, the narrative debut from director RaMell Ross,...

The Order | Review

The True Story of a Racist Gang: Kurzel Explores Formative Chapter of American Domestic Terrorism There’s a brooding, sinister quality to Justin Kurzel’s filmmaking, whose...

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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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