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: Glitch in the Grid

"Flimsy, preachy, and blind to its own offensive propaganda, Leiser doesn’t seem to realize that the only thing worse than brainwashing is homegrown brainwashing cowering under the moniker of artistic endeavor."

Glitch in the Grid | Review

Christian Mumblecore

Review: Margin Call

"Surely, in 2011, we’re all aware that those in government and on Wall Street are indeed clueless. As Irons puts it, “It’s not my brains that got me here.” While Margin Call is certainly a competent film centered around recent and compelling current events, it can’t manage to be more than just a stalled spectacle set in a soul crushing office environment."

Review: Oranges and Sunshine

"While Loach doesn’t overdramatize the proceedings as one might predict a topic concerning children in an illegal migration scheme housed in poor conditions under religion based rule, his treatment does fall prey to the cliché of the martyred whistleblower and reeks unforgivably of a thorough sanitation of the subject matter. The details surrounding child abuse are as buttoned up as Emily Watson’s wardrobe."

Margin Call | Review

Money May Not Sleep, But You Can

Breaking

Ballad of a Small Player | Review

Out Of Luck: Colin Farrell Can’t Save This Tale...

The Safeword Is…: Isabella Eklöf Launches DOGMA 25 with Bold BDSM Drama ‘MR. NAWASHI’

Brings out the chips, dip, chains and whips. Production...
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