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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People, Places, Things | Review

Here in the Noun: Strouse’s Familiar, Charming RomCom The kids are basically all right in People, Places, Things, director James C. Strouse’s third outing as...

Seashore | VOD Review

The Sea Will Tell: Titillation and Vague Angst Tease Substance in Tepid Gay Tinged Drama Though there’s still a great need to tell vibrant, meaningful...

Two Step | Review

Ordinary Madness: Johnson’s Character Study Enriched by Neo-Noir Aesthetic Premiering earlier this year at the SXSW Film Festival, Alex R. Johnson’s directorial debut Two Step...

Catch Me Daddy | Review

Family Matters: Wolfe’s Unsettling Debut a Thriller with a Mean Streak Premiering in the Directors' Fortnight sidebar at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, director Daniel...

The Gift | Review

Keep on Giving: Edgerton’s Debut a Surprisingly Adept Thriller Actor Joel Edgerton makes his feature directorial debut with The Gift, an intelligent, enjoyably entertaining thriller...

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