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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Licorice Pizza [Video Review]

Age is just a number but when you're a teen at footsteps of what are unattainable gates to adulthood it could feel like entire...

House of Gucci [Video Review]

One of rare breed of studio directors who effectively captures pageantry and opulence no matter the epoque the narrative is set in, social...

C’mon C’mon [Video Review]

World premiering at the 2021 Telluride Film Festival, C'mon C'mon is Mike Mill's fourth feature film following Thumbsucker (2005), Beginners (2010) and 20th Century...

Video Interview: Péter Kerekes – 107 Mothers

Slovakia's official submission for the 'Best International Feature' category at the 94th Academy Awards is Péter Kerekes's 107 Mothers, which premiered at the 2021...

Benedetta | Review

Blaspheme, Queen: Verhoeven Turns to Nunsploitation in Erotic Melodrama Occupying a dazzling intersection of exploitation and queer historical recuperation is the long-awaited Benedetta from Dutch...

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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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