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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Never Rarely Sometimes Always | Review

The Story of Women: Hittman Hits Home Run with Stellar, Topical Abortion Drama How often have you seen an abortion drama, in any language, which...

Coffee & Kareem | Review

Fecal Weapon: Dowse Gets Derivative with (Another) Odd Couple Comedy The odd couple dynamic in comedy is as old as the genre itself, and thus,...

The Other Lamb | Review

Lamb Tied to (Mis)Take: Szumowska Gets Culty with English Language Debut Cults seem to be making something of a comeback in popular film culture, which...

Butt Boy | Review

Butt, I Won’t Do That: Cornack Redefines Anal Retentive in Crass Comedy Although it requires a healthy suspension of disbelief in order for it...

Criterion Collection: Bamboozled (2000) | Blu-ray Review

That Spike Lee remains one of the true provocative soothsayers of cinema should come as no surprise, yet it’s an epiphany for those reconsidering...

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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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