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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The Hunter | Review

Another Australian Entry about the Tantalizing Tasmanian Tiger

Lost in Paradise | Review

And lost in other places, too...

Review: Roméo Onze

"While this film manages to glean a moderate amount of pathos due to a quietly observed performance from lead, Ali Ammar, the distinction of showcasing an often unseen community really reiterates that coming of age stories, even for those disenfranchised with their individual communities, have similar coming of age traumas."

Roméo Onze | Review

Past it’s Dancing Day

Review: For a Few Dollars More (Blu-ray)

"It’s immediately apparent that Sergio Leone was operating with a much larger budget this time around. He playfully takes his time setting up Lee Van Cleef’s character as well as Eastwood’s, not kicking the film into gear until a good 20-25 minutes in. But all the signature style evident in Fistful is all the more accentuated here."

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The ARTE France Cinéma committee have thrown some pre-Holiday...

Timestamp | Review

Schools of Survival: Gornostai Probes the Resiliency of Ukraine’s...

Interview: Neeraj Ghaywan – Homebound (2025)

A filmmaker who has emerged as one of the...
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