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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Guns Akimbo | Review

We Lost God Control: Howden Gets Loud with Gamer Action Comedy Video games killed the cinema star could be one of many punchy quips concerning...

The Woman Who Ran | 2020 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review

Rendezvous in Seoul: Sang-soo Gets Spare in Conversational Triptych Ending a rare year-long absence from the cinema (an observation of note since he presents two...

Her Love is Real, But She is Not: Gainsbourg Plays with Gender Norms in “Je t’aime moi non plus” (1976) Blu-ray Review

An obscure oddity from the late 70s, to be sure, is French pop artist Serge Gainsbourg’s 1976 directorial debut, Je t’aime moi non plus...

When the Walls Can Talk: Forbes’ Forgotten “The Whisperers” Finds New Breath | Blu-ray Review

British director Bryan Forbes is perhaps best remembered for his iconic American horror film The Stepford Wives, which became a genre classic and entered...

Lost in Translation: Lapid Languishes in Enigmatic, Complex Study on Cultural Identities with “Synonyms” | Blu-ray Review

Winning the Golden Bear at the 2019 Berlin International Film Festival, Nadav Lapid’s third film Synonyms was one of the best theatrical releases 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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