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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Candyman [Video Review]

Sweet Heat: DaCosta Resurrects a Darkness in Spiritual Sequel Back in 1991, Bernard Rose’s Candyman rose to prominence as one of the few mainstream American...

The Unknown Man of Shandigor (1967) | 2021 Fantasia Film Festival Review

Cold Cuts: Roy’s Nuclear Spy Thriller Renews Its Half-Life In The Unknown Man of Shandigor, one can experience a cinematic time capsule of corresponding themes...

Medea | 2021 Locarno Film Festival Review

Who Could Kill a Child?: Zeldovich Explores a Fearful Symmetry in Modernized Tragedy Russian director Alexander Zeldovich’s filmography is something of a curiosity unto itself,...

John and the Hole | Review

The Little Boy Who Lives Down the Lane: Sisto Finds a Psychopath in Disturbing Debut There’s no arguing the discomforting vibe of John and the...

Ema | Review

Dance, Fools, Dance: Larraín Dances to Delirium in Arthouse Soap Opera Pablo Larraín returns to Chile to dance the body electric in Ema, a masquerade...

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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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