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 Pact II | Review

Murky Contract Part Deux: Hallam & Horvath Continue to Stir a Slushy Cauldron A vaguely administered narrative continues to plague the concept of what comprises...

Addicted | Review

A Dirty Shame: Woodruff’s Erotic Fiction Adaptation Flatlines Demurely arriving before the anticipated film version of E.L. James’ erotic fiction nonsense Fifty Shades of Grey...

Dracula Untold | Review

Play It Again, Vlad: Shiner’s Debut Attempts to Reboot Legendary Monster It’s a bit hard on the undead when you shackle their malevolent natures into...

Stretch | Review

To Live and Drive in LA: Carnahan’s Trip into Hollyweird In an unprecedented and surprisingly brusque move, Universal chose to dump Joe Carnahan’s latest film,...

Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead | Review

Dead Again: Wirkola Outstays Welcome of Outlandish Gimmick For those that were generally amused by Norwegian filmmaker Tommy Wirkola’s breakout festival hit Dead Snow (2009),...

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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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