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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A Bride for Rip Van Winkle | Review

(Not So) Bright Future: Iwai’s Returns with Troubling Portrait of Modern Love At the beginning of Japanese director Shunji Iwai’s latest film, A Bride for...

The Voice of the Moon | Blu-ray Review

“I love remembering more than living. What’s the difference anyway?” murmurs the internal dialogue of Ivo, a patient recently released from a mental hospital...

The Mercenary (1968) | Blu-ray Review

Despite his prolific contributions to the succession of the spaghetti western, time has tended to obscure the reputation of director Sergio Corbucci from all but...

The Villainess | Blu-ray Review

South Korea’s Jung Byung-gil promises all the makings of a cult filmmaker with his second narrative feature, The Villainess. Premiering in the Midnight program at the...

The Conversation: Top 10 World Cinema Filmmakers Missing in Action (Class of ’17)

As we get ready to wrap up the cinematic offerings of 2017, it’s time to revisit those auteurs we haven’t heard from for a...

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2026 Cannes Film Festival – Checklist of Our Reviews

IONCINEMA.com’s Chief Film Critic Nicholas Bell reviewed the entire...

2026 Cannes Film Festival Winners – Un Certain Regard [Video]

The jury of Leila Bekhti and peers Thomas Cailley,...
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