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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The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | Review

The First Best Loser: Madden’s Wholly Unnecessary Sequel an Exercise in Nothingness Pandering is the word that best describes the tone of The Second Best...

Young Bodies Heal Quickly | Review

Youth in Revolt: Betzer’s Inexplicable Road Movie an Assortment of Prominent Instances Director Andrew T. Betzer manages to concoct an impressively pronounced feature debut with...

Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley’s The Island of Dr. Moreau | Review

To Go On Two Legs: Gregory’s Fascinating Recapitulation of a Cinematic Train Wreck Documentarian David Gregory graduates from an extensive history of shorts with his...

The Lazarus Effect | Review

Death Becomes Her: Gelb’s B-Grade Horror Haunted By Its Own Ideas With its absurd title, which recalls an era of enjoyable B-grade Sci-Fi/horror films from...

Wild Canaries | Review

Good Neighbors: Levine’s Indie Murder Mystery a Passing Homage to Classic Comedy Actor/writer/director Lawrence Michael Levine reunites with director/actress wife Sophia Takal for his third...

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