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 Voices | Review

Playing Off-key: Satrapi’s English Language Debut a Grating Misfire Iranian born director Marjane Satrapi, best known for her 2007 debut, Persepolis, and a 2011 follow-up,...

I Am Michael | 2015 Sundance Film Festival Review

True Story: Kelly’s Objective Exploration of Sensational Subject For his directorial debut I Am Michael, Justin Kelly takes a provocative, controversial subject and crafts it...

Jupiter Ascending | Review

Space Princess Diaries: Wachowski’s Space Adventure is Intergalactic Hooey Those craving the intelligent sci-fi that graced their early 1999 sci-fi classic The Matrix are sure...

Before I Go to Sleep | Blu-Ray Review

After flopping at the box office and landing an unnecessary entry on the shortlist for 2014’s Best Actress Razzies for Nicole Kidman, Before I...

La Belle Captive | Blu-Ray review

While 2014 saw the passing of (reluctant) New Wave icon Alain Resnais, there was an intense resurgence of interest in the directorial efforts of...

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2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 1 – Koji Fukada’s ‘Nagi Notes’

Koji Fukada emerged as one of the major voices...

A Woman’s Life (La Vie d’une femme) | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review

Things to Come: Bourgeois-Tacquet Explores an Affair to Remember Crimes...

Nagi Notes | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review

Only the Lonely: Fukada Explores Constructions of Identity Japanese auteur...
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