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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Review: Excision

"Excision is a hilarious, character driven flick, and one that manages to climax with an effective chilly final shot."

Review: Robot and Frank

" Robot and Frank, the feature debut of director Jake Schrier, sounds like it has the potential to land in independent cinema quirk hell, but surprisingly manages to hit all the right notes with its quiet arc. While it’s mostly a comedy featuring light dramatic streaks and science-fiction buttressing, at its core it features a much more melancholy tone, only furthered by an excellent turn from Frank Langella."

Arbitrage | Review

Analogous.

Robot and Frank | Review

We all need a PAL.

Excision | Review

A darkly comic horror gem.

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Sirat | Review

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Sound of Falling | Review

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown: Schilinksi...

The Things You Kill | Review

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