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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Cake | Review

Let Them Have It: Barnz Banks on Adept Aniston Grief is a prickly emotion to convey within the confines of the indie American melodrama, a...

The Duke of Burgundy | Review

The Body and the Whip: Strickland’s Sublime Homage to Erotic Cinema Beginning like something that should have been called Exploits of a Chambermaid, replete with...

Black Sea | Review

Lower Depths: MacDonald’s Latest a Tense Deep Sea Treasure Hunt While it’s being treated to a December release in his native UK, director Kevin MacDonald’s...

The Humbling | Review

Or The Unexpected Convenience of Sexism: Levinson's Perplexing but Deviously Funny Stab at Roth Decades passed between initial adaptations of novelist Philip Roth’s novels (1969’s...

R100 | Review

Joy Pain Club: Matsumoto’s Latest Insistent Weirdness Uneven After his delightful if belabored 2007 debut Big Man Japan put him on the map, director Hitoshi...

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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

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