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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Open Grave | Review

Don’t Fear the Reaper: Lopez-Gallego and the Search for Substance In 2011, some may recall a found footage moon expedition thriller called Apollo 18, the...

Pauline Detective | Review

Pauline at the Beach: Fitoussi’s Breezy Caper Good for a Laugh Director Marc Fitoussi seems inclined toward breezy-haired, bauble headed gamines that get jostled around...

The Rocket | Review

Silver Linings: Morduant’s Debut a Breezy, Formulaic Crowd Pleaser After winning awards and audience accolades at nearly every film festival it’s screened at (including Berlin,...

Best of 2013: Nicholas Bell’s Top 10 Films (Picks 5 to 1)

Continued from yesterday's 10-6 countdown, here are my picks 5 thru 1: 10. Fruitvale Station – Ryan Coogler 9. Her – Spike Jonze 8. Gravity – Alfonso...

Best of 2013: Nicholas Bell’s Top 10 Films (Picks 10 to 6)

Please note, the absence of titles like Spring Breakers, Paradise: Faith, Frances Ha, No, and The Place Beyond the Pines is due to the...

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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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