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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Doctor Strange | Review

Time After Time: More Snark, Less Spark in Derrickson’s Entry into the Marvelverse Marvel introduces their approximation of the mystical realm with their unleashing of...

The Sea of Trees | Blu-ray Review

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Criterion Collection: McCabe & Mrs. Miller | Blu-ray Review

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Criterion Collection: Boyhood | Blu-ray Review

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Eye of the Needle | Blu-ray Review

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A Cannes Film Festival regular, British filmmaker Lynne Ramsay...

Renoir | 2025 Cannes Film Festival Review

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2025 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 5 – Richard Linklater’s ‘Nouvelle Vague’

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Die My Love | 2025 Cannes Film Festival Review

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