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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Music | Review

Oedipus Shrugged: Schanelec Finds Tragedy is the Song That Doesn’t End There’s little use clinging to the description of Angela Schanelec’s latest film Music as...

Last Summer (L’Été dernier) | Review

One Deadly Summer: Breillat Agitates Another Sexual Taboo Suddenly, last summer, a successful lawyer who has it all risks throwing her life away with an...

20,000 Species of Bees | Review

The Secret Life of Bees: Solaguren’s Warm Debut Explores the Communal Dictation of Gender Identity Our relationship to our gender and sexual identities is...

The Vourdalak | Review

Love in the Blood: Beau Resurrects Russian Vampire Clan in Eccentric Genre Throwback Chuck Palahniuk wrote it best, referencing an ‘old saying’ in his 1996...

Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person | Review

Sentimental Succubus: Louis-Seize Finds Love is All Consuming in Vampire Rom-Com “Love means never having to say you’re sorry” read the tagline for the quintessential...

Breaking

Leave One Day (Partir un Jour) | 2025 Cannes Film Festival Review

Chef’s Kiss: Bonnin Uses Familiar Recipe in Pleasant Debut For...

Live From Cannes!!! Meet the Jury For Our 2025 Cannes Critics’ Panel

IONCINEMA.com has been gauging the pulse of the Palme...

Love (Kjærlighet) | Review

Ain’t Nothin’ But Sex Misspelled: Haugerud Continues Quiet, Earnest...

Sister Midnight | Review

Crazy On You: Kandhari’s Strange Fantasy of Madness It’s been...
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