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:

Unbroken | Review

Run Rabbit Run: Jolie’s Grimly Serious POW Reenactment Beautifully, if sometimes too glossily mounted, Angelina Jolie’s sophomore effort as a director, Unbroken, is too poker...

Tip Top | Review

Vive La France!: Bozon Returns With a Strangeness Actor turned director Serge Bozon is the most visible member of a small coterie of filmmakers operating...

1,000 Times Goodnight | DVD Review

Released for a two week autumn window stateside via the Film Movement folks, winner of three awards, including Best Film at the Amanda Awards...

Selma | Review

Turnin’ the Beat Around: DuVernay’s Poignant, Passionate MLK Portrait Revitalizes Notions of Biopic Eschewing what’s come to resemble a traditional route in downplaying both the...

Leviathan | Review

On the Waterfront: Zvyagintsev’s Sprawling Opus of a Modern, Devouring Regime Back with his fourth feature, Leviathan, Russian auteur Andrey Zvyagintsev succeeds in cinematic sublimity...

Breaking

2026 TIFF: Siân Heder’s ‘Being Heumann’ Selected as TIFF Opener

We have a trio of Gala Presentation offerings to...

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

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