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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God’s Own Country | 2017 Sundance Film Festival Review

Reviews

Nicholas Bell - January 21, 2017

Gheorghe at the Farm: Lee’s Rustic Romantic Drama Hits the Requisite Notes For those who have been yearning for a less angst-ridden and more contemporary...

Family Life | 2017 Sundance Film Festival Review

Reviews

Nicholas Bell - January 21, 2017

Strangers When We Meet: Scherson and Jimenez Present Sibling Identity Exercise Two members of Chile’s contemporary cinema scene join forces in co-directing Family Life, an...

2017 Sundance Film Festival: Nicholas Bell’s Top 5 Most Anticipated Films

Film Festivals

Nicholas Bell - January 19, 2017

2017 promises to be another strong year for Sundance, hosting a bevy of highly anticipated titles in another formidable Premieres section, while its US...

Staying Vertical | Review

Reviews

Nicholas Bell - January 18, 2017

The Bipedal Advantage: Guiraudie Returns to Vaguely Pernicious Themes After his 2013 breakout success with Stranger By the Lake, a nod to France’s Hitchcockian forefather...