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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Bull | Review

If There Be Horns: Silverstein Succeeds with Discerning Debut of Rural Desperation Likely to be compared to Chloe Zhao’s 2017 breakout The Rider, director Annie...

1BR | Review

Cult Gestalt: Marmor Explores Urban Horrors in Efficient Debut There’s apparently more than one way to define rent control, at least as suggested by David...

Margarethe von Trotta: Interviews (Conversations with Filmmakers Series) | Book Review

For its Conversation with Filmmakers Studies series, the University Press of Mississippi has provided a volume of interviews curated to reflect the influences and...

William Friedkin: Interviews (Conversations with Filmmakers Series) | Book Review

For its Film Studies series, the University Press of Mississippi has provided a volume of interviews curated to reflect the influences and accomplishments of...

Paul Verhoeven: Interviews (Conversations with Filmmakers Series) | Book Review

Margaret Barton-Fumo, who has interviewed an illustrious coterie of renowned international auteurs throughout her career (including genre stalwarts like Brian De Palma and idiosyncratic...

Breaking

2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Were Fatherland & Fjord Tops of the Fest? We Compare Grids!

Fatherland and Fjord towered above the rest on our...

The Birthday Party (Histoires de la nuit) | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review

Bird on a Wire: The Past Haunts the Present...

Coward | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review

Bent Knee, Limp Wrist: Dhont Explores Love at the...

2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Fatherland & Fjord Rated Top Films of Cannes!

The Palme d'Or winner and the Best Director winners...
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