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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On the Beach | Blu-Ray Review

Within the well intentioned lexicon of Stanley Kramer’s filmography, his 1959 title, On the Beach remains the most prescient, a post-apocalyptic science fiction filmed...

Go For Sisters | DVD Review

John Sayles' latest film, Go For Sisters, receives an unceremonious DVD release from Freestyle Digital Media. While it snagged Yolonda Ross a supporting Actress...

Interview: Carter Smith – Jamie Marks is Dead

At the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, we sat down with director Carter Smith to discuss his new film, Jamie Marks is Dead, which played...

The Last of Robin Hood | Review

Beverly Center: Flynn’s Final Scandal Makes for Interesting Cinematic Footnote It’s been eight years since Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland’s 2006 sophomore film, Quinceanera swept...

Sin City: A Dame to Kill | Review

Love the Sinner: Miller & Rodriguez Bring Back Hyperstylized Noir with Mixed Results It has been almost a decade since the visually innovative Sin...

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Forever Your Maternal Animal | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review

Only Mothers Left Alive: Maurel Funnels Dysfunctional Family Matters You...

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...
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