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 Sicilian Girl | DVD Review

Though the film has received decent reviews and a lukewarm, if not sometimes negative reception, I can only hope that Amenta’s future projects aren’t so message laden and poorly constructed. While it may have a seemingly noteworthy subject matter, The Sicilian Girl is as trite as television movie of the week and reads as a narrative about a girl that tattled because she felt entitled to better treatment for her family.

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...

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‘Neon Bull’ & ‘The Blue Trail’ Gabriel Mascaro Launches Production Company

In a rather lengthy profile piece we learnt that...

2026 TIFF: Paolo Strippoli, Anna Biller, Matthew Rankin & Eugene Kotlyarenko in Midnight Madness Section

Last year, the Midnight Madness section received one heck...

2026 TIFF: Yung Chang, Shaunak Sen & Zarrar Kahn in Short Cuts Competition

Leaning heavily on world premieres, TIFF's 2026 Short Cuts...
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