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.

Exclusive articles:

The Skin | Blu-ray Review

The past year has been a great one as concerns the availability and restoration of several titles from Italian auteur Liliana Cavani, a director...

Spare Parts | Review

Parts Per Nil: McNamara Family Value Aesthetic Lessens Impact of Immigration Issues As we meander through the opening credits of Sean McNamara’s Spare Parts, we...

In Case of No Emergency: The Films of Ruben Östlund

The first ever retrospective of Swedish filmmaker Ruben Östlund’s work which opens at the at the Film Society Lincoln Center this Wednesday and began its tour...

It’s All So Quiet | Review

I Need a Lover with a Farmhand: Leopold’s Understated Portrait of Desire Deferred Loneliness and resentment are the dueling, omnipresent emotions on screen in virtually...

Taken 3 | Review

Taken a Break: Megaton’s Slurpy Finish Brings Euro Schlock to L.A. It should surprise no one that Taken 3 is a laughable, sometimes downright embarrassing...

Breaking

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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