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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Thanks for Sharing | Review

Shame Game: Blumberg’s Debut Valiantly Wades Through Sex Stigma A cross section of multiple story lines concerning three recovering sex addicts creates a seriously effective...

Zaytoun | Review

Pitted Olive: Riklis’ Period Piece Adventure a Sappy Fantasy Israeli director Eran Riklis returns to familiar territory with Zaytoun, using another unlikely friendship scenario between...

The Colony | Review

They Are What They Are: Renfroe’s Derivative Ice Age Indie filmmaker Jeff Renfroe returns to Canada for his latest effort, a sci-fi actioneer, The Colony,...

Four | Review

Looking for a Love That’s Never Enough: Joshua Sanchez Directs a Broody Debut Director Joshua Sanchez has chosen excellent material to adapt for his film...

Insidious: Chapter 2 | Review

When Less is More: Wan’s Sequel Does 2 Much A follow-up to 2010’s highly entertaining old-school horror throwback Insidious seemed a tall order, yet James...

Breaking

Interview: Sandra Wollner – Everytime

One of the discoveries of this year's Cannes Film...

Wild Horse Nine | Review

They Shoot Agents, Don’t They?: McDonagh Morosely Reflects a...

Interview: Stéphane Brizé – A Good Little Soldier

From The Measure of a Man and At War...

Nuisance Bear | 2026 Sundance Film Festival Review

Creature Discomfort: Docu Explores the Long Rift Between Neighbors Adding...
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