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.

Exclusive articles:

The Lovebirds | Review

Murder Was the Case That They Gave Them: Showalter Gets Silly with Derivative Slapstick Director Michael Showalter reteams with Kumail Nanjiani after the success...

Body Cam | Review

Ghost Protocol: Vitthal Gets Supernatural with Hot Topic Horror Genre has always been a formidable platform to explore significant social ills in creative ways, often...

Castle in the Ground | Review

Opiate of the Masses: Klein Mines Comfort in Crises with Somber Addiction Odyssey The trauma of substance abuse and addiction has carved out a...

Blue Story | Review

Enemies, a Love Story: Rapman Rides the Waves of a Street War in Familiar Fashion Although it’s not quite West Side Story (1961), either in...

Capone | Review

Gonzo Fonzo: Trank Returns with Tone Poem Portrait of a Monster The figure of Chicago mobster Al Capone has long been a mythical figure resurrected...

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2026 Cannes: Werner Herzog’s Bucking Fastard Selected for Cannes Premiere (!?)

There was no mention this morning for a film...

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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