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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Collateral Beauty | Review

Terms of Amusement: Frankel’s Sentimental Platitudes Ensconce Profoundly Foolish Melodrama The folly of Will Smith is he’s a performer seemingly unable to differentiate between authentic...

Howards End | Blu-ray Review

“Are they likely people?” says one female relative to another in the opening segments of James Ivory’s Howards End, the 1992 adaptation of British...

Criterion Collection: Fellini’s Roma | Blu-ray Review

Long before there was an actual cinematic movement known as Cinema Du Look (formulated from a handful of ambitious French directors circa 1980s), the...

2016 Costa Rica Int. Film Festival: Joyas Del Cine Rica

The 2016 Costa Rica International Film Festival kicked off with an impressive retrospective for Kelly Reichardt, including her latest and potentially most acclaimed film...

Kicks | Blu-ray Review

Combining art-house visual aesthetic with gritty urban coming-of-age formula, director Justin Tipping makes a striking directorial debut with Kicks. A heartfelt examination of youthful...

Breaking

Interview: Jordan Firstman – Club Kid

I first took notice of Jordan Firstman through his...

Interview: Chris Rock & Daniel Kaluuya – Misty Green

Well-versed in a cinema working in different strands of...

7 Miles Out | 2026 London BFI Film Festival Review

She’s Lost Control: Morley’s Semi-Autobiographical Drama is Riddled with...

Interview: Benjamín Naishtat & Esteban Bigliardi – Glaxo

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