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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Knuckle | Review

A Detour Through Fist City

Review: Young Adult

"The most notable and memorable aspect of Young Adult’s awkwardly maligned narrative is Theron’s wickedly warped performance of a woman whose adulthood has veered into a mediocre failure. And her chemistry with the damaged Oswalt makes for some exceptionally comedic, bittersweet cinema. But any scenes not pairing Theron and Oswalt seem like the brakes are grinding."

Young Adult | Review

You Can Go To Extremes With Impossible Schemes….

Review: I Melt With You

"What starts out as another one of those films examining the male psyche in the context of a yearly bonding buddy get-together, Pellington’s film feels like Bret Easton Ellis’ version of The Hangover (2009). But just when you’ve thought you were watching Less Than Zero (1987) for the mid-life crisis male, it take a dark nose-dive, creating an emotionally draining yet compellingly vivid drama about the death of dreams."

I Melt With You | Review

A Future Closed Wide Shut

Breaking

Interview: Óliver Laxe – Sirāt

In his debut You Are All Captains (2010), Óliver...

The Secret Agent | Review

Mischief, Thou Art Afoot: Filho Captivates with Seductive, Furtive...

Interview: Kleber Mendonça Filho & Wagner Moura – The Secret Agent

Winner of the Best Director and Best Actor prizes...

Interview: Chloé Zhao & Jessie Buckley – Hamnet

In one of 2025’s most searing dramatic screen performances,...
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