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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Hemel | DVD Review

Playing sort of like the female version of Steve McQueen’s Shame comes Dutch filmmaker Sacha Polak’s film debut, Hemel, a provocative and, more significantly,...

Eden | Review

Garden Snakes: Griffiths’ Latest a Harrowing Tale with Compelling Lead Director Megan Griffith’s follows up her well acted yet downtroddingly paced sophomore effort The Off...

K-11 | Review

Hamshank Redemption: Stewart’s Debut a Trashy, Lurid Queersploitation Effort Jules Stewart, mother of that actress Kristen Stewart, makes a curious and fascinatingly trashy exploitation grindhouse...

If I Were You | Review

Rough Draft: Carr-Wiggin’s Latest Buoyed Exclusively on the Charms of Lead Actress If one were to look for fresh evidence of the perennial talents of...

My Amityville Horror | Review

Dysfunction Junction: Walter Revisits Source of Classic Horror Film with Mixed Results Thanks to Stuart Rosenberg’s 1979 film adaptation of Jay Anson’s infamous novel, "The...

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It Was Just an Accident | 2025 Cannes Film Festival Review

Phantom Limb: Panahi Treads Ripples of Retribution Jafar Panahi continues...

2025 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 8 – Mario Martone’s Fuori

In an even split, and in two different waves,...

2025 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 8 – Jafar Panahi’s ‘It Was Just an Accident’

Jafar Panahi might be more synonymous with Berlin say...

Aisha Can’t Fly Away | 2025 Cannes Film Festival Review

Buliana Simon Shines In Gritty Immigrant Story That Struggles...
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