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: Intruders

"What at first starts as a unique and original tale about two different children terrorized by a mysterious being known as Hollow Face quickly unravels into an unfortunate narrative nosedive, developing a freewheeling schism between present day UK and Spain thirty years prior."

Intruders | Review

Won’t cause the distress the title suggests.

Review: Dark Horse

"...its simplicity is only skin deep and its nightmarish melancholy isn’t as simple to casually term as more or less accessible. While it’s not Solondz’s strongest or best feature, it’s an earnestly rendered film and it is of course, filmed with his offbeat, trademark style."

Dark Horse | Review

Solondz does arrested development.

Review: Happy, Happy

Happy, Happy is one of the most captivating explorations of married couples that one can hope to see. The devil’s in the details, and Sewitsky manages to pack an amazing amount of subtlety into the 88 minute running time. And one cannot rave enough about the amazing performance of Agnes Kittelsen, whose always present smile and indefatigable will to be happy is both a survival mechanism for her character and the driving force of the film.

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Dreams | Review

Yo (Love Is a Rebellious Bird) | 2026 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review

Free Bird: Fitch & White Unveil Inventive, Personal Homage Watching...

Soumsoum, the Night of the Stars | 2026 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review

Celestial Orgy: Haroun Ain’t Afraid of No Ghosts Nestled deep...

A New Dawn | 2026 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review

Grave of the Fireworks: Shinomiya Finds All the Colors...

Lali | 2026 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review

Ghosts of Past & Present: Sultan Khoosat Hones His...
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