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: The Flowers of War

"While both a brutal and beautiful motion picture (though it doesn’t quite manage to justify a running time of nearly two and a half hours), an aggravating thread of saccharine romanticism dilutes the impact of what is in fact, a horrific and unforgettable atrocity."

The Flowers of War | Review

Exploring the war with the Virgin and the Whore.

Review: Albert Nobbs

"...it’s been a minute since we saw a project that was so highly anticipated, so deliciously intriguing on paper, turn out to be so limp, dry and exhaustingly lifeless on celluloid."

Albert Nobbs | Review

As lumpy as the title suggests.

Review: Corman’s World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel

"With her feature debut, Corman’s World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel, director Alex Stapleton brings us a fascinating and superbly endearing portrait of an overlooked artist and a man whose significance to modern day Hollywood is unmistakable."

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Jay Kelly | Review

It’s a Non-Refundable Life: Baumbach Explores the Sacrifices of...

2025 Marrakech Film Festival: Meryem Benm’Barek, Lucía Aleñar Iglesias & Akinola Davies Jr. in Comp

Along with France's Les Arcs Film Festival in December...
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