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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Experimenter | Review

Experiment This: Almereyda Revisits Classic Social Psych Progenitor American filmmaker Michael Almereyda brings to the screen a pseudo-biopic on one of the more famous social...

The Devils (1971) | 2015 Beyond Film Festival Review

Sympathy for The Devils: The Suppression of Ken Russell’s Delirious, Incomparable Masterpiece Despite the pronounced pedigree of its origins, Ken Russell’s glorious 1971 film The...

The Final Girls | Review

Spoofaway Camp: Strauss-Schulson’s Playful Mash-up Takes a Tumble On You Director Todd Strauss-Schulson, whose last feature was A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas (2011)...

Victoria | Review

Sleepless Night: Schipper’s Audacious, Single Take Heist Thriller Actor turned director Sebastian Schipper makes major headway with his fourth effort behind the camera, Victoria. Premiering...

Trash | Review

Another Man’s Treasure: Daldry Revisits Themes of Childhood Lost The muted reception behind the latest film from thrice Oscar nominated director Stephen Daldry seems curious,...

Breaking

Interview: Hédi Zardi Atlas Workshop – 2026 Marrakech Film Festival

The Atlas Workshops provide artistic and professional support to...

Possible Love | Review

Blue is the Warmest Collar: Chang-dong Prepares a Touch...

Lee Chang-dong – Possible Love

For his seventh feature film, Korean master filmmaker Lee...
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