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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Julian Rosefeldt’s Manifesto Leads Nicholas Bell’s 2017 Sundance Film Fest Top Ten

In what ended up being one of the snowiest and coldest editions of Sundance in recent memory, there was no shortage of pleasant cinematic...

Detour | Review

Byway Bric-a-Brac: Smith Disappoints with Undistinguished Neo-noir If the title sounds familiar, it’s because British director Christopher Smith is borrowing from the moniker from Edgar...

Paris 05:59: Théo & Hugo | Review

The Night is Young: Ducastel & Martineau’s Procedural Queer Romance For their seventh theatrical feature, Paris 05:59: Théo & Hugo (also known for its more...

Criterion Collection: Black Girl | Blu-ray Review

To speak of African cinema, one must begin with a discussion of Ousmane Sembene, the Senegalese auteur credited as the father of African film....

No Highway in the Sky | Review

German import Henry Koster, like many of Hollywood’s studio directors, is not a name many remember despite having been responsible for a quite a...

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No Salgas (Don’t Come Out) | 2026 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review

It Doesn’t Follow: Linares Villegas’ Queer Horror Forgets the...

The Loneliest Man in Town | 2026 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review

Perfect Blue: Covi & Frimmel Marinate in Memories “Everything changing...

17 | 2026 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review

This Makes Two of Us: Mitić Explores Binding Connection...

Home Stories | 2026 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review

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