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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Charlie Countryman | Review

Country Bumpkin: Bond’s Debut a Grating Escapade of Disingenuous Cliché Swedish born Fredrik Bond, who’d made a notable name for himself as a successful director...

The Last Days on Mars | Review

Mars Attacks: Robinson’s Promising Debut an Arid Mirage Early on in Ruairi Robinson’s directorial debut, The Last Days on Mars, a generic yet eerily promising...

Sunlight Jr. | Review

Bleak House: Collyer Returns to the Slipping Down Life After her fantastic 2006 directorial debut, Sherrybaby, director Laurie Collyer returns with a sophomore feature, Sunlight...

Paris Countdown | Review

City of Neon Lights: Marie’s Debut a Soundtrack Assisted Cliché How the title Paris Countdown was decided upon to stand as the English language translation...

Best Man Down | Review

The Man Who Wasn’t There: Koland’s Debut Lost In Its Own Drift Poor Minnesota, it sure gets a bum rap when it comes 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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