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.

Exclusive articles:

Fanny | Review

Fanny Feast: Auteuil’s Underwhelming Trilogy Continues The mid-section of his Pagnol tribute, Fanny promises to give us the female perspective in the crossed lover’s situation...

Lyle | 2014 Outfest Los Angeles LGBT Film Festival Review

Devil’s Due: Satan is an Equal Opportunity Baby Snatcher in Thorndike’s Debut Credited as a ‘sinister ode to Rosemary’s Baby’ (though, there probably is no...

Boyhood | Review

About a Boy: Linklater’s Unique Experiment a Mostly Enjoyable Endeavor An experience that is as enhanced by the aura of its experimental nature as it...

A Long Way Down | Review

Lost in Translation: Chaumeil’s English Language Debut a Wretched Operation While his 2010 feature debut, Heartbreaker, which starred Vanessa Paradis and Romain Duris, managed to...

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes | Review

Monkey Trouble: Reeves Get a Crack at Famed Cinematic Simian Franchise It’s kind of wild to think how much cinematic mileage (now eight films and...

Breaking

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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