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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Gimme Shelter | Review

Gimme Gimme: Krauss Returns to Human Interest Woes in Latest Effort Writer/director Ron Krauss returns to the human interest vein that defined his last outing...

Towheads | Review

O is for the Other Things: Plumb’s Debut an Idiosyncratic Exercise in Domestic Ennui Video and performance artist Shannon Plumb makes her directorial debut with...

Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? | Review

Is This a Lasting Treasure?: Chen’s Sophomore Rom-Com a Sugary Sweet Endeavor Arvin Chen, the Taiwanese-American director and screenwriter of Will You Still Love Me...

Summer in February | Review

Summer Bummer: Menaul’s Love Triangle Inspires Opposite Emotions Not every “based on a true story” is actually fit for a feature length film. In fact,...

Nostalghia | Blu-ray Review

Of his seven feature length films, it’s hard to pinpoint which serves as the best entry into the visual poetry of Andrei Tarkovsky, arguably...

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2026 Cannes Film Festival – Checklist of Our Reviews

IONCINEMA.com’s Chief Film Critic Nicholas Bell reviewed the entire...

2026 Cannes Film Festival Winners – Un Certain Regard [Video]

The jury of Leila Bekhti and peers Thomas Cailley,...
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