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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The Quarry | Review

Steeple People: Teems Gets Spiritual in Rough-hewn Sophomore Film It’s been over a decade since director Scott Teems delivered his warmly received debut, That Evening...

Sergio (2020) | Review

The Last Thing He Wanted: Barker Resurrects Martyred Diplomat in Feature Debut Documentarian Greg Barker returns to the subject of U.N. High Commissioner for Human...

Selah and The Spades | Review

School for Scoundrels: Poe Preens a Teen Queen with Curious, Benign Debut Director Tayarisha Poe fashions her debut Selah and The Spades, a YA drama...

Endings, Beginnings | Review

Some Other Beginning’s End: Doremus Continues on the Battlefield of Love Love is hardly a many splendored thing in the filmography of Drake Doremus, who...

Behind You | Review

The Mirror Crack’d: Mecham and Whedon Wax Derivative in Debut Bearing all the marks of a strained production is Behind You, the directorial debut of...

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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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