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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Good Luck to You, Leo Grande | Review

The Roman Spring of Emma Thompson: Hyde Demands Over Time in Sex Work Dramedy One wonders what Camille Paglia might have to say about Good...

Jurassic World Dominion | Review

This World Is Not Enough: Trevorrow Goes Through the Motions in Extinction Level Event It’s neither the first nor the last time a toxic commingling...

Lost Illusions | Review

F is for Fake: Giannoli Highlights Prescience in Adaptation of Balzac Classic The erosion of romanticism and idealism is at the core of Honore de...

Benediction | Review

Words of War: Davies Recuperates Another Poet in Impressionistic Biopic Following the critical success of his masterful portrait of Emily Dickinson in A Quiet Passion...

Crimes of the Future | Review

Origin of the Neo-Species: Cronenberg Crafts a Discourse on Human Evolution Whatever the evolution happening in the world of David Cronenberg’s Crimes of the Future,...

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2026 Cannes Film Festival – Checklist of Our Reviews

IONCINEMA.com’s Chief Film Critic Nicholas Bell reviewed the entire...

2026 Cannes Film Festival Winners – Un Certain Regard [Video]

The jury of Leila Bekhti and peers Thomas Cailley,...
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