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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Little White Lies | Review

The Big Chilly Summer Vacation: Canet’s Latest an Exemplary Drama For his third outing as director, actor/screenwriter Guillaume Canet looks to have been heavily influenced...

Red Hook Summer | Review

Summer Bummer: Lee Offers Strong Ending for the Devoted With his first fictional film since 2008’s Miracle at St. Anna, the ever divisive Spike Lee...

Neighboring Sounds | Review

People Talking Without Speaking: Mendonca Filho’s Ensemble a Pleasant Din There’s something extremely engrossing about Kleber Mendonca Filho’s episodic feature debut, Neighboring Sounds, a film...

Samsara | Review

Fever Dreams of a Tangential Wheel: Fricke’s Latest a Visual Feat, Contextual Blunder A veritable poem of moving pictures, Ron Fricke’s latest visual analysis of...

Teddy Bear | Review

You’ll Like My Mother: Matthiesen’s Debut a Gentle Giant Director Mads Matthiesen developed his 2007 short film Dennis into his feature debut, Teddy Bear, a...

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Interview: Siyou Tan – Amoeba (2025)

The official mascot of Singapore represents a visual melting...

Interview: Zamo Mkhwanazi – Laundry (2025)

Rooted in an observational, character-driven approach, Zamo Mkhwanazi's work...

Interview: Kaouther Ben Hania – The Voice of Hind Rajab

When I was actively watching Kaouther Ben Hania’s devastating...
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