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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Butter | Review

Micallef's Blacklist Script Becomes An Over-churned Satire A sublime example of uneven tone, characterization, and sensibility, the sophomore feature from Jim Field Smith, Butter, frustratingly...

V/H/S | Review

A Worthwhile Horror Anthology For the Found Footage Generation We all know it goes without saying that the problem with the anthology or omnibus film...

Wake In Fright | Review

Down & Outback: Lost Australian Classic a Moody Nightmare Long considered a lost classic, spurring a decade long search for the film’s negative (which ended...

Sister | Review

The Kid with the Skis: Ursula Meier’s Latest Hits Emotional Summit Swiss director Ursula Meier returns after her solid 2008 debut, Home, with Sister (or...

To the Wonder | TIFF 2012 Review

Wonder Dunder: Malick’s Visual Poem Prayer a Taxing Free Verse If you’ve happened to read anything about Terrence Malick’s latest film, To the Wonder, chances...

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Interview: Marine Atlan – La Gravida | 2026 Cannes Film Festival

This year, the Critics' Week gifted us a feature...

Interview: Abinash Bikram Shah – Elephants in the Fog | 2026 Cannes Film Festival

Making his second splash in Cannes after seeing his...

Interview: Rakan Mayasi – Yesterday the Eye Didn’t Sleep | 2026 Cannes Film Festival

Set within a tightly knit Bedouin community in Lebanon,...
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