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.

Exclusive articles:

Moulin | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review

Elevator the Gallows: Nemes Aims to Exhaust in Homage to the French Resistance Jean-Pierre Melville’s classic account of the French Resistance, Army of Shadows (1969)...

The Station | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review

No Man’s Land: Women Wage Resistance in Ishaq’s Wartime Debut Yemenis director Sara Ishaq approaches an examination of life during wartime in her native country...

Paper Tiger | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review

In the Forests of the Night: Gray Frames Fearful Symmetry Had James Gray been prolific during the glory days of New Hollywood from the late...

The Beloved (El ser querido) | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review

What’s Love Got to Do with It?: Sorogoyen Visualizes Dysfunction & Creative Catharsis Although it’s a familiar trope, an absent father utilizing a complex ruse...

Forever Your Maternal Animal | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review

Only Mothers Left Alive: Maurel Funnels Dysfunctional Family Matters You can't go home again and it’s a disaster to even try, especially as evidenced in...

Breaking

Primetime | Review

The Catcher in the Sty: Oppenheim Skewers Hack Journalist It’s...

Interview: Producer Ryan Martin Brown – The Scout

While countless films have delved into filmmaking, viewing it...

Ha-chan, Shake Your Booty! | Review

Strictly Soft Gloom: Wladyka's Bereft Bliss Puts Spotlight on...

Alpha Gang | 2026 Toronto Intl. Film Festival Review

Close Encounters Of The Biker Gang Kind: The Zellners’...
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