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 Rose Maker (La fine fleur) | Review

In the Name of the Rose: Frot Elevates Formulaic Melodrama from Pinaud “What is life without beauty?,” inquires antiquated rosarian Eve Vernet in Pierre Pinaud’s...

Sonne | 2022 Berlin International Film Festival Review

The Sun Also Scheisse: Ayub Explores Identity Politics in Modern European Diaspora For her directorial debut, Sonne, director Kurdwin Ayub draws on her background as...

The Bubble | Review

The Exterminating Sound Stage: Apatow Skewers Hollywood’s Pandemic Age in Moderately Amusing Satire Straddling a blurry line between satirizing Hollywood’s franchise cupidity and a queasy...

Zero Fucks Given (Rien à foutre) | Review

Ground Control: Exarchopoulos Takes Flight in Portrait of Repressed Anguish For their directorial debut Zero Fucks Given, Julie Lecoustre and Emmanuel Marre opt for a...

Criterion Collection: Adoption (1975) | Blu-ray Review

Women face a complex and compounded pressure of perfection when it comes not just to initial reception of their artistic achievements, but also their...

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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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