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.

Exclusive articles:

The Host | Review

Disembodied: Niccol Unable to Overcome Parasitic Source Material For the sake of comparison, it’s safe to say that the latest adaptation of a Stephanie Meyer’s...

Renoir | Review

The Talent Family: Bourdos Abandons Genre for Elegant Biographical Period Piece A summer signifying the encroaching end of one artist and the birth of another...

Mental | Review

Mixed Nuts: Hogan’s Latest a Welcome Return to Roots After almost two decades knocking around the studio system after the success of his 1994 hit...

New World | Review

Operation Rehash: Hoon-jung’s Sophomore Film Glossy Entertainment Director Park Hoon-jung, perhaps best known for his screenplays for a pair of 2010 titles like The Unjust,...

My Brother the Devil | Review

Better the Devil You Know: Hosaini’s Debut a Vibrant Urban Street Drama Sally El Hosaini’s directorial debut, My Brother the Devil, takes the overly familiar...

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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...

Interview: Nathalia Acevedo – Salón de belleza

Actress-turned-filmmaker Nathalia Acevedo made her feature directorial debut with...

Fjord | Review

Uncanny Valley: Mungiu Explores Liberated Prisons Totalitarian mentality is driven...
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