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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Girl (Nühai) | 2025 Venice Film Festival Review

This Girl’s Life: Qi Outlines Inherited Abuses For her directorial debut Girl, actress Shu Qi wields a heavy hand in a film which seems to...

Duse | 2025 Venice Film Festival Review

Distress Becomes Her: Marcello Delivers a Diva’s Final Act For many, Duse, the latest feature from Italian director Pietro Marcello, will serve as their introduction...

The Voice of Hind Rajab | 2025 Venice Film Festival Review

In a Child’s Name: Ben Hania’s Grueling Portrait of Genocide It’s the responsibility of artists to use their platforms as a mechanism to speak truth...

L’étranger (The Stranger) | 2025 Venice Film Festival Review

Anatomy of a Mime: Ozon Explores the Seduction of Indifference Decades before Hannah Arendt introduced her concept of ‘the banality of evil,’ Albert Camus...

Straight Circle | 2025 Venice Film Festival Review

Circle in the Sand: Hudson Blurs the Borders of the Mind “Nationalism is a silly cock crowing on its own dunghill,” wrote English writer Richard...

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Sauna | Review

Interview: Alireza Khatami – The Things You Kill

For his second feature film, Toronto-based Alireza Khatami tackles...

Sirat | Review

A Bridge Too Far: Laxe Enters the Zone “The Zone...

Sound of Falling | Review

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown: Schilinksi...
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