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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Blue Jasmine | Review

Blanchett Dubois: Allen Channels Tennessee For His Best Film in Years While few directors are as steadfastly perennial as Woody Allen, his constant output seems...

Wasteland | Review

Waste of Time: Glossy Heist Fantasy a Missed Hit for Athale’s Debut Producer Rowan Athale’s directorial debut, Wasteland, which he also penned, gets out of...

Still Mine | Review

Amour Terne: McGowan’s Latest a Pedestrian Glance at the Golden Years While there’s certainly an audience out there that would be more susceptible to the...

Broken | Review

Slipping Down Life: Norris’ Debut Steeps Notable Performances in Melodrama Famed theater director Rufus Norris makes his cinematic directorial debut with an adaptation of Daniel...

Beneath | Review

Congrats Grads: Fessenden Terrorizes Teens with Latest Environmental Horror According to the films of Larry Fessenden, Mother Nature poses the greatest threat of all to...

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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