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 Northman | Review

Whisper Tales of Gore: Eggers Burns Trail to Valhalla in Viking Epic In keeping with the time-hoary notion of revenge being a dish best served...

The Tale of King Crab | Review

Shellfish People: Rigo de Righi & Matteo Zoppis Craft Unique Narrative Steeped in Oral Tradition For their directorial debut The Tale of King Crab, directors...

Paris, 13th District (Les Olympiades) | Review

Same Old Song & Angst: Audiard Misfires with Millennial Love Tugs Jacques Audiard turns to youth culture amour fou with his latest feature, Paris, 13th...

Aline | Review

The Face of Another: Lemercier Normalizes Weird Choices in Bizarre Biopic Like something novel born out of a 30 Rock satire (remember the unauthorized Janis...

Ambulance | Review

Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop: Bays Busts the Panic Button in Rambunctious Heist Remake For a director who cut his teeth in music videos, Michael...

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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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