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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The Patience Stone | Review

Stone Faced: Rahimi’s Concept Bogged Down By Transparency As he did with his 2004 film, Earth and Ashes, Afghan filmmaker Atiq Rahimi adapts one of...

Paranoia | Review

Check Check Check Mate: Luketic’s Bland Thriller an Injustice to White Collar Crime Another bungled disappointment from Robert Luketic arrives in the form of Paranoia,...

You Will Be My Son | Review

The Meek Shall Inherit: Legrand’s Familial Conflict a Seething, Elegant Drama French director Gilles Legrand, (though perhaps better known as a producer on titles for...

Austenland | Review

Jane Austen Will Have Her Revenge: Hess’ Debut a Pandering, Middle Class Courting Cipher Jerusha Hess, screenwriter of Napoleon Dynamite, which her brother Jared Hess...

Lee Daniels’ The Butler | Review

Once More With Feeling: Daniels’ Latest an Elegant, Necessary Recuperation Previously berated by Armond White as helming the most racist film since The Birth of...

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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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