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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Turn Me On, Dammit! | Review

I Am Curious...Colorblind: Jacobsen Manually Depicts Teenage Code There’s many a coming of age tale about young women, but, as if often the case, the...

The Hunter | Review

Nettheim Delivers Another Australian Entry about the Tantalizing Tasmanian Tiger After working in television for the past decade, director Daniel Nettheim returns with The Hunter,...

Darling Companion | Review

In Need of Assisted Living: Kasdan’s Dog of a Film Brown-noses the Geriatric Crowd Was it the Nancy Myer’s curse that derailed the trajectory of...

Breaking

In a Whisper | 2026 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review

A Death in the Family: Bouzid Explores the Tolls...

I Understand Your Displeasure | 2026 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review

In the Realm of Defenses: Friedrich Examines Turmoils of...

Iván & Hadoum | 2026 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review

Love Audit: de la Rosa Defies the Odds with...

You BETcha!: ‘Yellow Letters’, ‘Rose’ & ‘Queen at Sea’ are the Golden Bear Frontrunners

YouBETcha! is back, this time for our Berlinale edition,...
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