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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We Love You, You Bastard (Salaud, on t’aime) | 2014 COLCOA Review

A Man and His Women: Lelouch’s Latest a Lumbering, Bloated Ensemble Nearing his 80’s and with over fifty credits to his name, Oscar and Palme...

Last Passenger | Review

Runaway Train: Nooshin’s Banal Debut Goes Wrong Way on a One Way Track What promises to be a nimble, low budget whodunit aboard a high...

Who is Dayani Cristal? | Review

Body Talk: Bernal & Silver’s Doc an Empathetic Experiment A three pronged approach to uncovering the identity of an illegal immigrant’s corpse in the Arizona...

Walking with the Enemy | Review

Walk to Remember: Schmidt’s Debut Sincere and Gawky Director Mark Schmidt attempts to recount an obscure chronicle of WWII heroism to generally awkward effect, though,...

Criterion Collection: Master of the House | Blu-ray Review

While he’ll always be best known for his 1928 silent masterpiece, The Passion of Joan Arc (or for his atmospheric 1932 horror film, Vampyr),...

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2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 5 – László Nemes’ ‘Moulin’

Four films in and his second trip to the...

2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 4 – James Gray’s ‘Paper Tiger’

The last minute addition to the competition line-up (we...

Paper Tiger | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review

In the Forests of the Night: Gray Frames Fearful...

2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 4 – Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s ‘The Beloved’

In a cinema that has worked with themes of...
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