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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Computer Chess | Review #2

Check Mix: Bujalski’s Latest an Odd, Enigmatically Dry Experiment For his fourth feature film, indie film director Andrew Bujalski tackles the period peace, revisiting an...

Pieta | Blu-ray Review

Yes, that’s right, Kim Ki-duk’s latest film, Pieta, is thus named for the famed sculpture of the Virgin Mary cradling the dead body of...

Vanishing Waves | DVD Review

The travails of the neuron-transfer scientist get swirled into a surreal kaleidoscope of Eros and sci-fi in Lithuanian director Kristina Buozyte’s sophomore feature, Vanishing...

Animals | 2013 Outfest Review

What Are Friends For?: Fores’ Debut Slow Burn Bizarre Falters at the Finish While it’s most memorable element will undoubtedly remind audiences of Donnie Darko...

The Happy Sad | 2013 Outfest Review

A Many Splendored Thing: Evans’ Sophomore Feature Candidly Explores the Nebulous Nature of Desire It’s been nearly a decade since director Rodney Evans debuted his...

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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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