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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Paradise | Review

No Dashboard Lights: Diablo Cody’s Contrived Directorial Debut Arriving with about as much finesse as the plane crash that fatally incinerates its protagonist is Diablo...

Hellbenders | Review

Hath No Fury: Petty’s Latest a 3D Misfire Serving as a glaringly obvious example of the degradation of the horror genre via raunchy slapstick is...

Night Tide | Blu-ray Review

Kino Lorber makes an exciting restoration this month with the 1961 directorial debut of genre favorite Curtis Harrington, Night Tide, which starred a nubile...

Camille Claudel, 1915 | Review

Snake Pit Soliloquy: Dumont’s Brief Vignette Profoundly Effective Many are perhaps familiar with Isabelle Adjani’s much hailed Oscar nominated performance as the turn of the...

CBGB | Review

Heebyjeeby: Miller Fails To Reclaim Glory Days of Punk Perhaps it goes without saying that the more invested one is in the gloriously exciting New...

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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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