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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The Conversation: Producer Christine Vachon

The Conversation

Nicholas Bell - April 10, 2017

Not only a trailblazer but continual champion of queer film, producer Christine Vachon continues to be one of the most prolific risk takers in...

The Ticket | Review

Reviews

Nicholas Bell - April 7, 2017

To Gain the World: Fluk’s Allegorical Fairy Tale Treads Perfunctory Territory Pope Francis described materialism as ‘spiritual cancer’ in that the idolatry of earthly possessions...

Their Finest | Review

Reviews

Nicholas Bell - April 7, 2017

A Screen of Their Own: Scherfig Concocts Winning WWII Romantic Comedy Danish director Lone Scherfig, best known for her Dogme 95 breakout Italian for Beginners...

Aftermath | Review

Reviews

Nicholas Bell - April 6, 2017

No Highway in the Sky: Lester’s Inane Exploitation of Compounded Grief Director Elliott Lester takes a hard left into slipshod terrain with his latest feature,...

Truman | Review

Reviews

Nicholas Bell - April 6, 2017

The Dog Stops Here: Gay’s Subtle Drama Grapples with Saying Goodbye Although it offers nothing thematically new on the clichéd scenario of the disease film,...

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TheyDream | Review

Oscar Aitchison - November 9, 2026

The Devils (1971) | Review

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Sympathy for The Devils: The Suppression of Ken Russell’s...

Ken Russell’s The Devils – 2010 Fantasia International Film Festival

Film Festivals November 8, 2026 0

Iconic director Ken Russell was in town to receive a lifetime achievement award from Fantasia for his 50-plus years in the business, a career that has spawned many genre classics including Altered States, Gothic, and The Lair of the White Worm. But it was the little-seen and hard to find The Devils from 1971 that proved to be Russell's most controversial work, and Fantasia managed to snag a copy to be screened on Russell's big night. In the video, Russell discusses the true story behind the film and receives his award with the grace befitting one of the great filmmakers of all time.