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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Caravan | 2025 Cannes Film Festival Review

All About My Martyr: Kirchnerová’s Debut Finds the Journey is the Destination For her directorial debut, “Caravan,” Czech director Zuzana Kirchnerová weaves autobiographical elements into...

YES | 2025 Cannes Film Festival Review

Break My Soul: Lapid Explores Compromised Artistry During Wartime Essentially, YES, the latest film from Israeli auteur Nadav Lapid, is a portrait of an artist...

Sentimental Value | 2025 Cannes Film Festival Review

Life as a House: Trier Turns Broken Hearts Into Art In Woody Allen’s Interiors (1978), an unhappy tale of three sisters contending with their parents’...

The History of Sound | 2025 Cannes Film Festival Review

One Sings, the Other Doesn’t: Hermanus Plays a Tune for the Broken Hearted “Happiness doesn’t tell stories,” is a sage observation uttered in The History...

Romería | 2025 Cannes Film Festival Review

Blood Relatives: Simon Treads Familiar Water with Continued Autofiction After winning the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival for her 2022 sophomore film Alcarras,...

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Mister ‘October’ – Cory Michael Smith Toplines Jeremy Saulnier’s A24 Horror Thriller Project

Jeremy Saulnier's Rebel Ridge had a wonky production narrative...

IndieSponge Episode: Emmanuelle (2025) Movie Review

Before our official launch, Kevin Jagernauth and I had...

Interview: Sarah Friedland – Familiar Touch (Work in Progress)

The folks at Music Box Films are releasing Sarah...
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