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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The Banshees of Inisherin | Review

When Demon Voices Wake Us: McDonagh Charts a Bad Bromance in Dark, Delightful Drama The abrupt end to a lifelong relationship provides the basis for...

Brother’s Keeper | Review

School Ties: Karahan Paints a Chilly Scene of Winter in Boarding School Melodrama The numbing apathy of poverty chained to tireless bureaucracy is met with...

Decision to Leave | Review

Suspicious Minds: Park-wook Returns with Thriller of Diminishing Returns For the first hour of its lengthy running time, Decision to Leave, Park Chan-wook’s first theatrical...

Stars at Noon | Review

White Material: Denis Heats Up with Sinister, Nervy Romance Claire Denis leaves behind the Sandinistas of 1984 Nicaragua for Stars at Noon, based on the...

Tár | Review

Notes on a Scandal: Blanchett Swallows Berlin in Exceptional Psychological Drama from Field It’s been sixteen years since Todd Field’s last film, the arduous Academy...

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