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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She Dies Tomorrow | Review

Bet Your Bottom Dollar: Seimetz Circles Existential Dread in Lowkey Genre “Your deepest fear is spreading,” reads the tagline for Amy Seimetz’s sophomore directorial effort,...

An American Pickle | Review

Relish the Moment: Trost Attempts a New Colossus in Simplistic Comedy In a familiar idea which sounds better on paper as a comedic scenario than...

I Used to Go Here | Review

Going, Going, Gone: Rey Finds Solace in Regression with Idle Dramedy As a framing device, nostalgia has the slant of a moral lesson gleaned from...

The Secret Garden | Review

Garden of Earthly Dismay: Munden Makes Burnett Mundane in Lifeless Remake There is no frigate like a book to take us lands away, and certainly...

Host | Review

Ghost in the Machine: Savage Speaks to the Moment with Creative Horror In what plays like a logical extension of the found footage subgenre, UK...

Breaking

2026 Cannes: Mysius, Kreutzer, Harari, Grisebach, Herry, Bourgeois-Taquet Among New Faces in the Palme d’Or Comp

A competition section of (currently) twenty-one features with, according...

2026 Cannes: Nicolas Winding Refn, Quentin Dupieux & Bertrand Mandico on the Croisette

The Out of Competition, Midnight Screenings, Cannes Premiere and...
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