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: Top 10 Films Mid-Year Ranking

In an effort to dribble some new blood into conversations regarding the best cinematic bits to reach release in 2016, we’ve opened our top...

Septembers of Shiraz | Review

Iran, So Far Away: Blair’s Simplistic, Tedious Period Portrait of Iran One glance at the headlining cast of Septembers of Shiraz should indicate a...

Free State of Jones | Review

The Newton Men: Ross Emancipates History Lesson from Obscurity At a point in time, a dramatic reenactment of a provocative but overlooked American Civil War...

The Neon Demon | Review

Death Walks on High Heels: Refn Delves Daftly into the Los Angeles Fashion Demimonde To reference John Waters’ definition of beauty, “a face should jolt,...

Right Now, Wrong Then | Review

Two in One: Sang-soo’s Latest Delight Examines Outcomes and Possibilities Prolific South Korean auteur Hong Sang-soo, who debuts annual films at various festivals every year,...

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Jeunes mères (Young Mothers) | 2025 Cannes Film Festival Review

Bonjour Tristesse: The Dardenne Bros. Explore Teenage Pregnancy In their...

2025 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 11 – Kelly Reichardt’s ‘The Mastermind’

While she has dropped world premieres at Sundance and...

2025 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 11 – Dardenne Bros.’ ‘Jeunes mères’

Winner of the Palme d'Or for 1999's Rosetta (which...
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