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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Kid-Thing | Review

Another Little Girl Down the Lane... While the latest feature length film from the Zellner Brothers, Kid-Thing, may not be meant for children, its stammered...

We’ve got Plans for NEXT Weekend; Blue Caprice, It Felt Like Love & A Teacher Part of Blossoming Sundance Sidebar

I'm pretty sure that four years back when Trevor Groth and John Cooper (Sundance programming tandem who overhauled, switched over and re-defined the Spotlight...

Criterion Collection: The Big City | Blu-ray Review

Criterion brings two of auteur Satyajit Ray’s early 60s works to the collection this month with Charulata (1964) and The Big City (1963), both...

Terraferma | Review

Solid Ground: Crialese’s Heartfelt Message Movie In his fourth feature film, Emanuele Crialese tackles issues of immigration and the inhumanity that transpires from man-made laws...

Lovelace | Review

Deep Throat’s Journey: Epstein & Friedman’s Porn Star Biopic By-the-Numbers In their first outing not placing significant focus on the recuperation of queer subjects or...

Breaking

Artificial | 2026 London BFI Film Festival Review

The End of The World as we Know it:...

Ray Gunn | 2026 London BFI Film Festival Review

An Open and Shut Case: Bird’s Passion Project Feels...

Sumo: Spirit Weighs Nothing | 2026 London BFI Film Festival Review

A Heavy Toll: Shirai’s Artful Take on the Body...

Interview: Virginie Efira – All of a Sudden

In All of a Sudden (read review), Virginie Efira delivers...
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