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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Elles | Review

Qui Dirige Le Monde? Elles!: Binoche Wades Through Shallow Waters in this Prostitution Dirge There are several subjects that have been globally exhausted in cinema....

Headhunters | Review

Fatal Recruitment: Tyldum makes a killer action flick. With his third feature film, Norwegian director Morten Tyldum has created a surprisingly refreshing entry in the...

Criterion Collection: Vanya on 42nd Street | Blu-ray Review

Perhaps one of the most intriguing and experimental film adaptations of Anton Chekov’s work happens to be the last film of a legendary filmmaker,...

Sound of My Voice | Review

Batmanglij Makes you Hear the Sound and the Fury Between moments of oddly comic happenings, there are such morbid, chilling, and delightful instances in Zal Batmanglij’s...

Whore’s Glory | Review

Sugartime: Michael Glawogger Brings Us a Bleak Look at Third World Brothel Workers If Michael Glawogger’s Whores’ Glory, the third installment in his trilogy of...

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Nightborn | 2026 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review

Only Mothers Left Alive: Bergholm Tackles Motherhood Malaise Finnish director...

Dao | 2026 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review

Family Rituals: Gomis Goes For Broke in Sprawling Epic With...

Everybody Digs Bill Evans | 2026 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review

A Jazzman’s Blues: Gee Strikes the Right Chords in...
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