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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Hot Milk | 2025 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review

The Eternal Daughter: Lenkiewicz Ladles the Milk of Sorrows Screenwriter Rebecca Lenkiewicz makes her directorial debut with Hot Milk, an adaptation of Deborah Levy’s comically...

The Good Sister (Schwesterherz) | 2025 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review

Sister, My Sister: Fischer Tests the Moral Fibers of Familial Bonds An ethical dilemma curdles in the heart of Sarah Miro Fischer’s directorial debut Schwesterherz...

Little Trouble Girls | 2025 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review

Circles of Perfection: Djukić Surveys the Compromises of Sexual Awakening Taking its title from the 1995 Sonic Youth track Little Trouble Girls (Kaj ti je...

Living the Land | 2025 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review

Land of Steady Habits: Meng Reflects Familial Upheaval in Quiet Saga “Isn’t it queer: there are only two or three human stories, and they go...

Home Sweet Home | 2025 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review

Sofie, Homemaker: Petersen Banks on Undervalued Emotional Labor Danish director Frelle Petersen’s latest title Home Sweet Home (Hjem kaere hjem) aims to showcase the significant...

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Black Tea | Review

Spill the Tea: Sissako Flounders with Tepid Brew The level...

Philosopher’s Zone: Ryusuke Hamaguchi Has Virginie Efira & Tao Okamoto Exchange in ‘All of the Sudden’

Finally one Paris-based project might have leap-frogged another (Our...
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