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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2013 Independent Film Forum: Keynote Speaker Ava DuVernay

For its 9th annual schedule of events, the 2013 Film Independent Forum, a nonprofit arts organization that produces the Film Independent Spirit Awards as...

Shoot the Sun Down | Blu-ray Review

Kino resurrects an odd curio with Shoot the Sun Down, a counter-culture Western from 1978, notable for headlining Christopher Walken just prior to his...

Go For Sisters | Review

Sister Act: Sayles Returns With Glorious Blend of Genre and Character Study Independent filmmaker John Sayles has been directing films without studio backing since 1979,...

Sal | Review

No Salutation: Franco Resurrects Tragic Mineo to Aimless Effect Like The Broken Tower, which documents the tragic end of poet Hart Crane, James Franco’s second...

The Broken Circle Breakdown | Review

A Fiery Ring: Van Groeningen Turns to Somber Tragedy For Latest Belgian director Felix Van Groeningen, whose previous three films explore ups and downs between...

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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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