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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Diana | Review

The Dish On Di: Hirschbiegel’s Dissection of Princess’ Last Two Years a Trifling Affair Whether ambivalent or not about Oliver Hirschbiegel’s Princess Di biopic, Diana,...

Last Love | Review

Sleepy Time Love: Nettlebeck Underwhelms with Latest Character Study German director Sandra Nettlebeck returns with her fourth feature, Last Love, adapted from a novel by...

Last Vegas | Review

Hangdog Hangover: Formulaic Comedy Eschews Characterization for Product Placement Director Jon Turteltaub, whose career is bolstered by a resume of unquestionably mainstream Hollywood fare, perhaps...

Dallas Buyers Club | Review

AZT & Sympathy: Vallee’s Drama Banks on Unforgettable Performances Cinematic portrayals of the onset of the AIDS crises have always been a bit nipped and...

Big Sur | Review

On the Audio: Polish Takes the Elegiac Beat Premiering at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival alongside Kill Your Darlings, which documented a pre-Road Kerouac, filmmaker...

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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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