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:

Standing Tall | Blu-ray Review

Notable for opening the 2015 Cannes Film Festival (making director Emmanuelle Bercot the second woman to nab such a distinction in the festival’s history),...

The Conversation: Jenkins’ Moonlight, Escalante’s The Untamed & the Totality of TIFF ’16

As far as the matter of size goes, the Toronto International Film Festival continues to astound, with close to 300 plus titles amassed for...

Frantz | 2016 Toronto Int. Film Festival Review

The Guest Who’s Coming to Dinner: Ozon’s Period Culture Clash a Handsome, Uninvolving Production In many ways, Francois Ozon’s output still swings jaggedly between the...

Raising Cain | Blu-ray Review

Genre films dealing with multiple personality disorder (or now correctly known as dissociative identity disorder) tend to be a bit problematic, usually leaning into...

Indivisible | 2016 Toronto Int. Film Festival Review

It Takes Two: De Angelis Crafts Distinctive Neapolitan Drama on Siamese Twins Siamese twins have always made alluring subjects for the cinema, whether at the...

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The Richest Woman in the World | 2025 Cannes Film Festival Review

The Biggest Camel: Klifa Recruits Huppert to Spoof the...

Sleepless City (Ciudad Sin Sueño) | 2025 Cannes Film Festival Review

A Boy & His Dog: Galoe Sweeps Through Slums...

The Secret Agent | 2025 Cannes Film Festival Review

Mischief, Thou Art Afoot: Filho Captivates with Seductive, Furtive...

2025 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 6 – Wes Anderson’s ‘The Phoenician Scheme’

With three previous films in the Cannes competition beginning...
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