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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Jumbo | Review

Do Introverts Dream of Electric Carousels?: Wittock Waxes Fatuous in Debut A finely wrought tradition of European cinema includes a bounty of infamous depictions of...

Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar [Video Review]

The Florida Project: Wiig & Mumolo Wax Weird and Wacky in Bizarro Comedy While we’ve grown accustomed to normalizing predictability in mainstream comedies, there’s still...

The World to Come | Review

Pitch Rider to Perdition: Fastvold Fans Flames of Forbidden Desire in Masterful Period Drama Few and far between are cinematic narratives which attempt to, much...

Judas and the Black Messiah | Review

Only God Forgives: King Resurrects Fred Hampton in Significant, Unequivocal Portrait of Betrayal and Assassination On December 4, 1969, Fred Hampton, chairman of the...

Nomadland | Review

Ballad of a Rolling Stone: Zhao Basks in the Beatitude of America’s Heartland Director Chloé Zhao follows up her critically acclaimed 2018 sophomore feature The...

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DJ Ahmet | Review

2026 Cannes Film Festival Predictions: Palme d’Or – Part II

Welcome back to the second portion of our Cannes...

2026 Cannes Film Festival Predictions: Palme d’Or – Part 1

In less than two weeks, Thierry Frémaux will unveil...

YES | Review

Break My Soul: Lapid Explores Compromised Artistry During Wartime Essentially,...
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