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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Nitram | Review

A Pleasure to Burn: Kurzel Explores the Making of a Murderer in Disturbing Portrait On April 28, 1996, lone gunman Martin Bryant shot and killed...

The Contractor | Review

Harper Does It Better: Saleh Taps Pine for Pluralistic Espionage “It’s much easier to kill, but it’s harder to survive,” is the most useful line...

Gagarine | Review

Favorites of the Moon: Liatard and Trouilh Stargaze Through the Rubble of Resistance Yuri (Alseni Bathily) seems to be the glue holding his community together...

The Lost City | Review

The Jungle Lewk: The Brothers Nee Conjure Expected Charm in Casual Comedy For their third feature, brothers Aaron and Adam Nee concoct something of studio...

Infinite Storm | Review

White Woman in a Blizzard: Szumowska Pitts Watts Against the Elements in True Life Trauma Drama Polish director Małgorzata Szumowska unleashes her tenth narrative feature...

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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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