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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Wish You Were Here | Review

Do You Think You Can Tell?: Darcy-Smith’s Debut Promising, if Ultimately Contrived Establishing an effective and potentially chilling set-up during its first few frames, Kieran...

Lily | Tribeca Review

Lily From 5 to 7: Creed’s Debut a Quietly Observed Character Study It’s spare design and robust female lead character already has Matt Creed’s directorial...

The English Teacher | Review

Notes on the Banal: Zisk’s Debut a Toothless Version of Familiar Material After working exclusively in the realm of television since the 1990s, director Craig...

And Now a Word from Our Sponsor | Review

Commercial Failure: Bernbaum’s Debut DOA What sounds good on paper doesn’t always translate well on screen, and Zack Bernbaum’s directorial debut, And Now a Word...

No One Lives | Review

They Died of Boredom: Kitamura’s Second Graceless English Language Film Japanese director Ryuhei Kitamura, of Versus (2000) fame, follows up his perplexing guilty pleasure English...

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