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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What We Do in the Shadows | Review

Friends Forever: Clement & Waititi’s Pleasantly Charming Vampiric Mock-Doc That immortal cinematic archetype, the vampire, has once again been commandeered into the periphery of independent...

Da Sweet Blood of Jesus | Review

S’Blood: Lee’s Facsimile of Bill Gunn an Odd Satisfaction Surprisingly, after the failure of his 2013 remake of Park Chan-wook’s Oldboy, provocateur Spike Lee’s latest,...

The Voices | Review

Playing Off-key: Satrapi’s English Language Debut a Grating Misfire Iranian born director Marjane Satrapi, best known for her 2007 debut, Persepolis, and a 2011 follow-up,...

I Am Michael | 2015 Sundance Film Festival Review

True Story: Kelly’s Objective Exploration of Sensational Subject For his directorial debut I Am Michael, Justin Kelly takes a provocative, controversial subject and crafts it...

Jupiter Ascending | Review

Space Princess Diaries: Wachowski’s Space Adventure is Intergalactic Hooey Those craving the intelligent sci-fi that graced their early 1999 sci-fi classic The Matrix are sure...

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Black Money for White Nights | 2026 Karlovy Vary Film Festival Review

Steal Big, Steal Little: Grozeva & Valchanov Deliver Just...

The Guest | 2026 Karlovy Vary Film Festival Review

You’ll (Dis)Like My Mother: Mengel Mars a Celebration With his...

A Happy Family | 2026 Karlovy Vary Film Festival Review

She’s Come Undone: Mack Concocts an Empathetic Chaos It’s clear...
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