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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Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom | Review

Thy Will Be Done: Bayona Burps a Blip in the Ongoing Dinosaur Franchise Looking back, Steven Spielberg and Michael Crichton had already marred the magic...

Criterion Collection: Manila in the Claws of Light | Blu-ray Review

Before a modern art-house renaissance of Filipino cinema thanks to the international acclaim of directors like Lav Diaz and Brillante Mendoza (who have dominated...

Thinking Triple XXX in Ozon’s Double Lover (2017) | Blu-ray Review

Though it will perhaps be best remembered as a sordid little slice of Eurotrash, there’s a lot of fun to be had with Francois...

The Conversation: Top 10 Films Mid-Year Ranking for 2018

Although most of 2018’s greatest cinematic delights thus far are holdovers from the 2017 film festival circuit (which may be largely ignored or forgotten...

Hilda Crane | Blu-ray Review

Poor Hilda Crane. She’s a rather unlucky-in-love intellectual turned socialite doomed to make the wrong choice in men, it seems. Unfortunately for her, it’s...

Breaking

YES | Review

Break My Soul: Lapid Explores Compromised Artistry During Wartime Essentially,...

Kontinental ’25 | Review

Can You Ever Forgive Me?: Jude Skewers the Status...

Alpha | Review

Turn to Stone: Ducournau Hits a Wall with Disease...

2026 Cannes Film Festival Predictions: Midnight, Cannes Premiere, Special Screenings, Out of Comp

Before we dive headfirst into full-on Palme d’Or predictions...
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