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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The Tortured | Review

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Nicholas Bell - June 14, 2012

Apt Title Foretells Effect on its Audience: Lieberman’s Absurd Attempt at Horror Robert Lieberman’s latest film, a quaggy, moronic torture porn debacle, ironically titled The...

The Woman In The Fifth | Review

Film Festivals

Nicholas Bell - June 13, 2012

May try Your Patience to the Nth: Pawlikowski's Comeback Thriller Travels in Familiar Territory Highly esteemed director Pawel Pawlikowski’s first feature since 2004’s excellent My...

Extraterrestrial | Review

Film Festivals

Nicholas Bell - June 12, 2012

Perhaps not as extra as it thinks it is: Vigalondo's Sci-Fi Romance Mash-up is Forgettable The problem with Nacho Vigalondo’s sophomore feature, Extraterrestrial, is that it’s...

Americano | Review

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Nicholas Bell - June 11, 2012

We fell in love, but not in court: Demy References Parent's Filmography Americano, the directorial debut of actor Mathieu Demy, (son of two legendary cinematic...

Interview: Todd Solondz (Dark Horse)

Interviews

Nicholas Bell - June 7, 2012

The latest film from director Todd Solondz is Dark Horse, concerning a mid-thirties manchild who can’t seem to find his way out of his...

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The Devils (1971) | Review

Nicholas Bell - November 8, 2026

Ken Russell’s The Devils – 2010 Fantasia International Film Festival

Film Festivals November 8, 2026 0

Iconic director Ken Russell was in town to receive a lifetime achievement award from Fantasia for his 50-plus years in the business, a career that has spawned many genre classics including Altered States, Gothic, and The Lair of the White Worm. But it was the little-seen and hard to find The Devils from 1971 that proved to be Russell's most controversial work, and Fantasia managed to snag a copy to be screened on Russell's big night. In the video, Russell discusses the true story behind the film and receives his award with the grace befitting one of the great filmmakers of all time.

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