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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Algunas Chicas | 2013 Venice Film Festival Review

Regress & Repress: Palavecino’s Woman on the Verge of Sustaining Interest A young girl crying alone in a room opens Argentinean director Santiago Palavecino’s latest...

Je M’appelle Hmm… | 2013 Venice Film Festival Review

Name Dropper: Conflicting Techniques Clutter Agnes B.’s Debut French fashion designer and film producer Agnes Trouble makes her directorial and screenwriting debut under the pseudonym...

Medeas | 2013 Venice Film Festival Review

You Gotta See Her: Palloaro’s Debut Trite Yet Lyrical Odyssey of Familial Discord Any familiarity with the Euripides’ classic Greek tragedy will have you already...

A Teacher | Review

Life Lesson 101: Fidell’s Morbid Debut Comes Close to Compelling While thankfully neglecting to employ a moralizing agenda to its taboo courting subject matter, Hannah...

Hell Baby | Review

Trash Dump Baby: Sketch Comedy Masters Concoct Hellish Misfire Not quite crass enough to be a successful ‘late night humor’ film and not nearly witty...

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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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