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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Paper Tiger | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review

In the Forests of the Night: Gray Frames Fearful Symmetry Had James Gray been prolific during the glory days of New Hollywood from the late...

The Beloved (El ser querido) | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review

What’s Love Got to Do with It?: Sorogoyen Visualizes Dysfunction & Creative Catharsis Although it’s a familiar trope, an absent father utilizing a complex ruse...

Sheep in the Box | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review

I’m a Cyborg, But That’s OK: Koreeda Explores Cruise Control with AI Somehow, despite being set in the ‘not too distant future,’ Hirokzau Kore-eda’s twee...

Forever Your Maternal Animal | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review

Only Mothers Left Alive: Maurel Funnels Dysfunctional Family Matters You can't go home again and it’s a disaster to even try, especially as evidenced in...

Flesh and Fuel (Du Fioul dans les artères) | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review

Paradise by the Dashboard Lights: Le Gall Finds Love in a Hopeless Place A self-described ‘wayward photographer’ influenced by Henri Cartier-Bresson, French writer/director Pierre Le...

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IONCINEPHILE of the Month: Lucia Aleñar Iglesias (Forastera)

IONCINEMA.com’s IONCINEPHILE of the Month highlights an emerging talent...

Interview: Lucía Aleñar Iglesias, Zoe Stein & Agnès Pique Corbera – Forastera (2025)

Long before Bergman’s Persona undertook its psychological and existential...

Renoir | Review

Family of Straw: Hayakawa Paints Busy Coming-of-Age Portrait Going in...

The Wizard of the Kremlin | Review

The Russians Are Killing the Russians Are Killing: Assayas...
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