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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The Conversation: Regarding Un Certain Regard – Top 3 Most Anticipated Picks

Entering its 39th year of existence, parallel sidebar Un Certain Regard once more sports a mixture of intriguing newcomers alongside noted auteurs in the...

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 | Review

A surprise hit when it surpassed expectations back in 2014, James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy raked in over 700 million at the box...

The Dinner | Review

Principles of Privilege: Moverman Dresses Morality Drama in American Clothes Susan Sontag once famously wrote, “The white race is the cancer of human history,” an...

The Lovers | Review

The One You’re With: Jacobs Brings Mature Gaze to Dark Marital Comedy Imagine if George and Martha actually had allowed themselves the opportunity to derive...

A Woman’s Life | Review

When a Potiche Ascends the Stairs: Brizé’s Winning, Textured de Maupassant Adaptation Although cinematic adaptations of French writer Guy de Maupassant still occur with some...

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2025 Indie Film Site Network Advocate Award: My Undesirable Friends: Part I – Last Air in Moscow

IONCINEMA.com and Indie Film Site Network partners The Film...

Jay Kelly | Review

It’s a Non-Refundable Life: Baumbach Explores the Sacrifices of...

2025 Marrakech Film Festival: Meryem Benm’Barek, Lucía Aleñar Iglesias & Akinola Davies Jr. in Comp

Along with France's Les Arcs Film Festival in December...
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