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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Laggies | Review

We All Float Down Here: Shelton’s Latest Winning Slice of Arrested Development Remarkable in the sense that this is her third consecutive film to premiere...

“Safe Keeping”….Exclusive Clip from Erik Poppe’s 1,000 Times Goodnight

In this exclusive clip from Erik Poppe's new film 1,000 Times Goodnight, (Film Movement 10.24) Juliette Binoche's character, Rebecca, is in Kenya on an...

1,000 Times Goodnight | Review

Words and Pictures: Binoche Dominates Poppe’s Familial Drama Norwegian director Erik Poppe makes his English language directorial debut with 1,000 Times Goodnight, featuring an internationally...

Low Down | Review

Groovin’ High: Hawkes Nuanced Performance Elevates Albany Memoir Despite taking home the best cinematography prize for Christopher Blauvet (who also provided superb camerawork on Kelly...

John Wick | Review

Who the Hell is John Wick?: Leitch & Stahelski’s Revenge Flick Energetically Entertaining Against the general mediocre trend of stuntmen turned directors, Chad Stahelski’s unassumingly...

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2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 3 – Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s All of a Sudden

The second Japanese filmmaker to premiere in the competition...

Parallel Tales (Histoires parallèles) | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review

The Double Life of the Voyeurist: Farhadi Fails with...

Fatherland | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review

Every Mann for Themselves: Pawlikowski Remains Chilly with Cold...

2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 2 – Asghar Farhadi’s ‘Parallel Tales’

After gaining international recognition with Berlinale entries in Silver...
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