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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Interview: Tinatin Kajrishvili & Lasha Khalvashi – Citizen Saint

Premiering in competition at this year's Karlovy Film Festival, Tinatin Karishvili's third feature Citizen Saint is set in a small mining town, where a...

May December | Review

Tarnished Angels: Haynes Curates a New Dazzling Cult Classic Had Brian De Palma been keen on rehashing Douglas Sirk instead of Hitchcock, he might have...

Fallen Leaves | Review

All the Leaves Are Brown: Kaurismaki’s Song for the Lonely Finnish auteur Aki Kaurismäki adds a fourth chapter to his thematic Proletariat Trilogy with...

Youth (Spring) | Review

The Workshop Around the Corner: Bing Threads Through Textile Manufacturing Having filmed from 2014 to 2019 in the city of Zhili, Youth (Spring), one...

Manodrome | Review

Wrecked Ralph: Trengove Gazes into the Weaponization of Masculinity in Unsettling Character Study Playwright and activist Eve Ensler commented on a 2017 panel regarding how...

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La bola negra | Review

The Play’s the Thing: Ambrossi & Calvo Connect the...

A Long Winter | 2026 London BFI Film Festival Review

A Gentle Thaw: Haigh’s Measured Drama is Glacial but...

Animol | 2026 London BFI Film Festival Review

Mismanaged Masculinity: Walters’ Gritty Debut Lacks Impactful Style Over...

Artificial | 2026 London BFI Film Festival Review

The End of The World as we Know it:...
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