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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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...

Drug War | Review

Don’t Say No: To Revitalizes Cops & Robbers Genre There’s a strong possibility that Drug War may stand as (or at least be vying for)...

Ritual: A Psychomagic Story | 2013 Fantasia Review

Psychobabble: Brazzale & Immesi Debut Fails to Spellbind Despite its potentially intriguing title, Ritual: A Psychomagic Story, the debut of co-directors Giulia Brazzale and Luca...

2013’s Midnight Madness Line-up include Venice bound flick from Sono & Juno Mak Plus 7 World Preems (McKee, Roth, Matsumoto)

Announcing nine out of ten titles from its 2013 lineup, TIFF’s Midnight Madness blazes in with a fever pitch, promising to be one of...

The Time Being | Review

Time Crime: Cicin-Sain’s Debut an Empty Trinket On a positive note, the benefit of watching Nenad Cicin-Sain’s directorial (and screenwriting debut) could definitely serve as...

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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