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:

Borgman | Review

White Child Above the Clouds: Warmerdam’s Dark Classist Comedy a Winner Alex van Warmerdam’s Borgman has to be the steadily working director’s most accomplished work...

Lullaby | Review

And Goodnight: Levitas’ Debut Works Too Hard for Genuine Catharsis Headlined by one of those casts that seems too good to be true, actor Andrew...

All Cheerleaders Die | Review

Sapphic Sillies: Sivertson & McKee’s Latest Lacks Spirit Lucky McKee and Chris Sivertson, old college friends and now notably notorious film directors (though for different...

Gebo and the Shadow | Review

The Shadow Knows: Oliveira’s latest a Stringent Meditation on Sacrifice Inevitably, any discussion pertaining to recent work from Portuguese director Manoel de Oliviera will make...

Burning Bush | Review

Time to Burn: Holland’s Magnificent Mini-Series Event Well Worthy of Big Screen Treatment Realized as a three part mini-series for television, Polish director Agnieszka Holland’s...

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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