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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Criterion Collection: Ace in the Hole | Blu-ray Review

A resounding flop upon its release, which saw it recut and rereleased as The Big Carnival without any greater success, Criterion remasters Billy Wilder’s...

Ship of Theseus | Review

Ghost Ship: Gandhi’s Debut an Enjoyably Philosophical Triptych Finally seeing a release after its 2012 premiere, Anand Gandhi’s directorial debut, Ship of Theseus is an...

Palo Alto | Review

My So Called Strife: A Coppola Debuts With a Flurry of Restless Teens Hollywood nepotism and the tableau of the teenage wasteland make for oddly...

God’s Pocket | Review

Pocket Full of Sunshine: Slattery’s Debut Weak in the Knees The devil’s not in all the details he should be of God’s Pocket, the directorial...

App | Review

App of My Eye: Second Screen Technology Gets Double Dutch in Gimmicky Thriller A film that will indubitably be remembered as a quaint first-wave exercise...

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The Beloved (El ser querido) | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review

What’s Love Got to Do with It?: Sorogoyen Visualizes...

2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 4 – Hirokazu Kore-eda’s ‘Sheep in the Box’

The VIP jacket wearing Hirokazu Kore-eda is one of...

Sheep in the Box | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review

I’m a Cyborg, But That’s OK: Koreeda Explores Cruise...

Forever Your Maternal Animal | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review

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