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 Double

Character motivations, sequences of events, and that thing called plausibility are all a bit offensively slapdash, starting with a title that’s trying to infer way more than it had the brains to set out to accomplish. The tagline reads, “Keep your enemies close,” but should include, “and your clichés closer.”

Hipsters | Review

Pumped Up Kicks

The Double | Review

All Toil and Trouble

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

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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