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.

Exclusive articles:

On Body and Soul | 2017 Berlin International Film Festival Review

That Obscure Object: Enyedi Mounts Moving, Lyrical Return with Inspired Portrait of Desire For her first film in nearly twenty years, Hungarian auteur Ildiko Enyedi returns with...

Requiem for Mrs. J | 2017 Berlin International Film Festival Review

The Day the Music Died: Vuletic Courts Comedy of Frustration with Shades of Thanatos If anyone comes close to conjuring comedy from the Kafkaesque, it’s...

Barrage | 2017 Berlin International Film Festival Review

You’ll Like My Mother: Schroeder Stages Conflicted, Femme Centric Triplicate of Intergenerational Conflict As the title succinctly suggests, Luxembourg’s Laura Schroeder navigates the trenchant, inescapable...

John Wick: Chapter 2 | Review

Wick 2 Wick: Stahelski Forges Tenuous Franchise with Solemn Reeves Assassin Director Chad Stahelski steps out on his own for John Wick: Chapter 2,...

A Cure for Wellness | Review

Do Capitalists Dream of Electric Eels?: Verbinski’s Visits Mountains of Madness in Paranoia Escapade Not unlike his more renowned yet equally studio inveigled colleague Christopher...

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Interview: Benjamín Naishtat & Esteban Bigliardi – Glaxo

World premiering at the 2026 Toronto Intl. Film Festival,...

2026 Marrakech Intl. Film Festival: New Projects by Sofia Alaoui, Yasmine Benkiran & Jessy Moussallem at the Atlas Workshops

Moroccan filmmakers Meryem Benm’barek, Sofia Alaoui and Yasmine Benkiran...

Club Kid | 2026 London BFI Film Festival Review

Sex, Drugs & Unexpected Parenting: Firstman’s Debut Creates an...

La bola negra | Review

The Play’s the Thing: Ambrossi & Calvo Connect the...
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