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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Cheap Thrills | Review

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Nicholas Bell - March 17, 2014

Foolish Games: Katz’s Debut Collapses Under Excessive Shock Value There’s certainly a palpable amount of perverse thrill checkered throughout E.L. Katz’s directorial debut, Cheap Thrills,...

A Birder’s Guide to Everything | Review

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Nicholas Bell - March 17, 2014

Bird is the Word: Meyer’s Debut a Well Meaning But Slight Observation Bird watching seems to be something of a recent cinematic inspiration, though has...

Rob the Mob | Review

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Nicholas Bell - March 17, 2014

Dog Eat Dog: De Felitta’s Entertaining Take of a Take After the success of his 2009 indie feature, City Island, Raymond De Felitta turns to...

Need For Speed | Review

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Nicholas Bell - March 14, 2014

On the Road Again: Waugh’s Woeful Film an Offending Lemon Leaving behind the galvanizing propaganda of his Navy SEALs plugged film debut, Act of Valor,...