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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Our Time | Review

Love Like Poison: Reygadas Returns with Frustrating but Forthright Marital Drama Interminable? Yes. Navel-gazing? Perhaps. But furious in its candor? Absolutely. Carlos Reygadas returns for...

The Dead Don’t Die | Review

Fear the Mocking Dead: Jarmusch’s Zombie Sketch is DOA “The world is perfect. Appreciate the details,” says deliveryman RZA (in one of the film’s many...

Hanson Doesn’t Spare Huppert in Early Thriller The Bedroom Window (1987) | Blu-ray Review

In retrospect, it would appear Curtis Hanson’s 1987 thriller The Bedroom Window has all the makings of an unsung gem. At best, it’s a...

Turner Gets Turnt in Rich’s Classic Melodrama Madame X (1966) | Blu-ray Review

Remakes may seem like a contemporary Hollywood trend, but the process has been a staple of the medium since the inception of cinema. Whether...

Criterion Collection: Let the Sunshine In | Blu-ray Review

Claire Denis had one of her most prominent showings in over a decade with her 2017 title Let the Sunshine In, a melancholy rom...

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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...

2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 10 – Léa Mysius’ ‘Histoires de la Nuit’

Léa Mysius’s cinema as to this point focused on...
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