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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Straight Circle | 2025 Venice Film Festival Review

Circle in the Sand: Hudson Blurs the Borders of the Mind “Nationalism is a silly cock crowing on its own dunghill,” wrote English writer Richard...

The Testament of Ann Lee | Review

Shake It Up: Fastvold Envisions the Life’s Work of a Religious Leader There’s a fervor roiling beneath the surface of Mona Fastvold’s third feature, The...

Roqia | 2025 Venice Film Festival Review

A Demon in My View: Koussim Unleashes a Djinn A generation spanning possession is at the heart of Roqia, the directorial debut from Algerian director...

Father Mother Sister Brother | 2025 Venice Film Festival Review

Terms of Estrangement: Jarmusch’s Amusing Triptych on Familial Labors If each unhappy family is unhappy in their own way, there are still a wide variety...

The Wizard of the Kremlin | 2025 Venice Film Festival Review

The Russians Are Killing the Russians Are Killing: Assayas Bungles Political Espionage Of the many significant issues severely hobbling The Wizard of the Kremlin, the...

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2025 André Bazin Prize: Louise Hémon’s ‘The Girl in the Snow’ (L’Engloutie) Wins

Selected for this year's Directors' Fortnight, Louise Hémon's The...

Interview: Morad Mostafa – Aisha Can’t Fly Away

Part of a new wave of Egyptian filmmakers testing...

2026 Sundance: Walter Thompson-Hernández, Kogonada & Makoto Nagahisa in the NEXT Section

Walter Thompson-Hernández, Kogonada and Makoto Nagahisa are just some...
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