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: Wuss

"Wuss begins as a daringly funny black comedy about arrested development, stunted masculinity, and the destructively useless education system employed in American schools. But as Mitch makes more and more unsound decisions, the films develops into a nonsensical exercise, unspooling like some dark dream in an alternate universe."

Wuss | Review

A different kind of Bad Teacher.

Review: Jeff Who Lives at Home

"While Jeff, Who Lives At Home is basically a glossy independent film that features some A-list stars, it neither treads water as a mainstream exercise in mediocrity nor falls prey to the grating quirkiness seen padding many an independent feature coasting on charm alone. And while it’s not the first film featuring a loveable stoner bringing people together (as in Paul Rudd’s comparable but dissimilar role in this year’s Our Idiot Brother) this latest from the Duplass brothers is more about finding meaning in what is already available to you."

Jeff, Who Lives at Home | Review

The Interconnectedness of Nothing and Everything

Review: Elite Squad: The Enemy Within

"A follow-up, and sometimes sequel to Jose Padilha’s hit first film, Elite Squad: The Enemy Within sports a bigger budget, a more gripping (and melodramatic) script, and more frenetic pacing than it’s predecessor, Elite Squad (2007)."

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