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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Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness | Review

All About Steve: Raimi Returns with Pandering Franchise Fodder While Marvel may have bombarded us into cultural submission through mainstream audience infatuation and growing critical...

Reflection | Review

In the Fog Mirror: Vasyanovych Punishes with Numbing Exercise on War & Trauma Following up on his international breakout, Atlantis (2019), Ukrainian director Valentyn Vasyanovych...

Human Factors | Review

The Discomfort of Strangers: Trocker Collapses Paranoia and Perspectives in Brooding Familial Drama Communication, when you really think about it, is all but impossible. Words...

Lux Æterna | Review

Devil’s Familiars: Noé Stirs a Witches’ Brew in Latest Provocation For those familiar with cult auteur Gaspar Noé, one either has a taste for his...

Criterion Collection: love jones (1997) | Blu-ray Review

An under-appreciated diamond in the rough which arrived during an explosion of Black indie cinema in the 1990s, love jones, the directorial debut...

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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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