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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Don’t Look Up [Video Review]

When an astroid is on a flight path to annihilate the human species, neither the cooler heads or those in positions in power prevail....

West Side Story [Video Review]

Definitely not a copy and paste job but there is indeed an air of familiarity that moves beyond the creative casting of actress Rita...

Wolf [Video Review]

Oddly aggressive therapy tactics are the antagonist forces in a coming-of-ager drama that looks at a particular mental health disorder that is steeped in...

The Humans [Video Review]

Premiering at the 2021 Toronto Intl. Film Festival, Lebanese-American playwright and screenwriter (The Seagull) Stephen Karam adapted his one act stage play for a...

Red Rocket | Review

Nude Illusion: Baker Returns to Sex Work in Bristling Character Study You can’t go home again, especially when no one missed you in the first...

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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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