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.

Exclusive articles:

Based on a True Story | 2017 Cannes Film Festival Review

Hider in Her Head: Polanski Mines a Dull Playing Field with Psychological Thriller The promising conceptualization of Roman Polanski directing a femme centric psychological thriller...

You Were Never Really Here | 2017 Cannes Film Festival Review

Where Have You Been?: Ramsay Returns with Pronouncedly Fractured, Melancholic Adaptation Returning from a six year hiatus after 2011’s We Need To Talk About Kevin,...

L’Amant double | 2017 Cannes Film Festival Review

Double the Pleasure, Double the Fun: Ozon Hearkens Back to Enfant Terrible Days with Erotic Skin Flick The forgotten art of the campy erotic thriller...

Rodin | 2017 Cannes Film Festival Review

The Wails of Auguste: Doillon Presents Shapeless Biopic on the Famed French Sculptor Unfortunately, French auteur Jacques Doillon’s high profile remounting of French sculptor Auguste...

The Day After | 2017 Cannes Film Festival Review

Three Women: Sang-soo Goes for Slight(ly) Sober in Black and White Mix-up South Korea’s Hong Sangsoo surpasses his own prolific, breakneck speed with a whopping...

Breaking

2026 César Awards: Carine Tardieu’s ‘The Ties That Binds Us’ Lands Best Film

It was a rare Thursday night ceremony for the...

What Does that Nature Say to You | Review

The Parent Trap: Sang-soo Takes Sideways Swipe at Social...

2026 Berlin International Film Festival – Checklist of Our Coverage

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

Dreams | Review

Magnificent Obsession: Franco Finds Love is a Hopeless Place Michel...
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