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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Dramarama [Video Review]

Great Expectations: Wysocki’s Debut a Loving Homage to the Dog Days of Highschool For those well-versed in indie queer cinema, a major template and through...

A Hero | 2021 Cannes Film Festival Review

Purse First: Farhadi Brings Agony and Ecstasy in Latest Social Drama Robert Burns’ eternal passage, cribbed by Steinbeck, “the best laid schemes o’ mice and...

Medusa | 2021 Cannes Film Festival Review

O Kill, All Ye Faithful: Da Silveira Kills the Teen Dream in Capricious Sophomore Film If there’s anything for certain in approaching Medusa, the extravagantly...

Bruno Reidal, Confession of a Murderer | 2021 Cannes Film Festival Review

The Killer Inside Me: Le Port Mines the Makings of a Murderer in Detached True Crime Sketch Director Vincent Le Port revisits a chilling murder...

La Fracture | 2021 Cannes Film Festival Review

Conqueror Worms: Corsini Juggles Metaphors in Strangely Asymmetrical Social Issue Film Director Catherine Corsini metastasizes an ensemble exercise for her eleventh feature, La Fracture, a...

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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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