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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She Came to Me | Review

Guilty of Romance: Miller Weaves a Wacky and Disarmingly Charming Love Tapestry To those who think the possibilities of heartfelt romantic comedies dried up in...

Saturn Bowling | Review

Nightmare (Bowling) Alley: Mazuy Shocks with Disturbing Thriller Every once in a while, a film comes along which conceptualizes brutality so shocking and vile it...

MMXX | 2023 San Sebastián Intl. Film Festival Review

Hindsight, 20/20: Puiu Contemplates the Comedy of Crisis Mercury is most definitely in retrograde for the four principal characters in MMXX, the latest foray into...

Robe of Gems | Review

Trojan Women: Lopez Crafts Collage of Complicity in Stellar Debut For her directorial debut Robe of Gems (Manto de gemas), Natalia López Gallardo resists expectations...

En attendant la nuit (For Night Will Come) | 2023 Venice Film Festival Review

I Was a Teenage Vampire: Rouzet Insists the Family That Slays Together Stays Together For her narrative feature debut, En attendant la nuit (For Night...

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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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