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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Police (1985) | Blu-ray Review

In the fall of 2016, Cohen Media Group staged a phenomenal retrospective of five masterpieces by Maurice Pialat, including his 1987 Palme d’Or winning...

Donald Cried | Review

Escapes of Time and Memory: Avedisian’s Debut and the Cinema of Discomfort Director Kris Avedisian wants to make you feel repulsed and uncomfortable in his...

The Shack | Review

Papa Does Preach: Hazeldine Adapts Heavy-handed Religious Melodrama For his sophomore directorial effort, Stuart Hazeldine helms The Shack, an adaptation of the successful novel by...

Wolves | Review

Wolf Like Me: Freundlich Returns to Familial Angst with Latest Drama Director  unveils his first theatrical release in seven years with Wolves (which premiered at...

Criterion Collection: The Before Trilogy | Blu-Ray Review

The cornerstone of Richard Linklater’s filmography (no, not Boyhood) finally assumes a space in the Criterion Collection, the auteur now proliferating the label with...

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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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