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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Queen Margot | Blu-Ray Review

Arguably the most prolific title in director Patrice Chereau’s three decades of filmmaking, Cohen Media Group releases a beautiful remastering of Queen Margot for...

As Above So Below | Review

Devil in Distress: The Dowdle Bros. Spelunk Their Way to Hell Known as acolytes of fallen angel M. Night Shyamalan, the output of the Dowdle...

The November Man | Review

Sweet, Silly November: Donaldson’s Espionage Thriller is Overbaked Starting out with a standard template of flourishes one can find in any number of garden variety...

The Strange Colour of Your Body’s Tears | Review

A Woman in Trouble and a Man in Need: Forzani & Cattet Return Prove a Force to Reckon With Directing duo Helene Cattet and Bruno...

The Calling | Review

Busy Signals: Stone’s Aptly Named Thriller Phones It In There is not anything innately offensive about a really decent made-for-TV thriller, especially the type based...

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Flesh and Fuel (Du Fioul dans les artères) | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review

Paradise by the Dashboard Lights: Le Gall Finds Love...

Shana | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review

Happy-Go-Mucky: Pinell Finds Purpose with a Woman in Transition “No...

2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 3 – Marie Kreutzer’s ‘Gentle Monster’

From Austria, Marie Kreutzer breaks into the Palme d'Or...

Gentle Monster | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review

The Children’s Hour: Kreutzer Poses Provocative Dilemmas The complex trappings...
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