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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A Tale of Ordinary Madness: Bravo Delivers a Cinematic Unicorn – Zola [Video Review]

A Tale of Ordinary Madness: Bravo Delivers a Cinematic Unicorn Cinematic innovators are few and far between, but a blazing hot anomaly is revealed in...

Genus, Pan | Review

Three Amigos: Diaz Explores Featherless Bipeds in Latest Leisurely Expose on Baseness Running time is always a point of contention when it comes the cinema...

My Heart Can’t Beat Unless You Tell It To | 2021 Tribeca Film Festival Review

Only the Lonely: Cuartas Finds No Forgiveness of Blood in Striking Debut With a film which could have easily borrowed the title of the similarly...

God Exists, Her Name is Petrunya | Review

Cross to Bear: Mitevska’s Playful Yet Potent Critique of the Heteropatriarchy Disarming thanks to its charming tone, which could mistakenly be defined as slight, Macedonian...

Gaia [Video Review]

Fungus Among Us: Bouwer Delivers Eco-Horror Slow Burn Ecological horror films have taken on a somewhat lusty, unprecedented gravity in the wake of the COVID-19...

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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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