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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A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night | Review

Walking After Midnight: Amirpour’s Expressive, Moody Debut Described as an Iranian vampire film with all its characters speaking Farsi, yet filmed in California and set...

V/H/S: Viral | Review

Headcleaner: VHS Series Gets Third Installment Blues Perhaps after this third installment this franchise can enter the same void for the format which it’s named,...

National Gallery | Review

Museum Hours: Wiseman’s Tour through London’s Famed Museum If you’ve never been to The National Gallery in London, England, one of the most preeminent museums...

The House at the End of Time | DVD Review

Winning Best Director and Best Film at the 2014 ScreamFest Film Festival, Alejandro Hidalgo’s directorial debut The House at the End of Time will...

Viktor | Review

From Russia with Schlock: Martinez’s Derivative Revenge Flick While there’s certainly a modicum of perverse interest to be satisfied in witnessing the rotund Gerard Depardieu...

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Parallel Tales (Histoires parallèles) | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review

The Double Life of the Voyeurist: Farhadi Fails with...

Fatherland | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review

Every Mann for Themselves: Pawlikowski Remains Chilly with Cold...

2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 2 – Asghar Farhadi’s ‘Parallel Tales’

After gaining international recognition with Berlinale entries in Silver...

2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 2 – Paweł Pawlikowski’s ‘Fatherland’

Post My Summer of Love (2004) and The Woman...
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