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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Animals | 2013 Outfest Review

What Are Friends For?: Fores’ Debut Slow Burn Bizarre Falters at the Finish While it’s most memorable element will undoubtedly remind audiences of Donnie Darko...

The Happy Sad | 2013 Outfest Review

A Many Splendored Thing: Evans’ Sophomore Feature Candidly Explores the Nebulous Nature of Desire It’s been nearly a decade since director Rodney Evans debuted his...

The Conjuring | Review

Demon in my View: Wan’s Latest a Delightfully Spooky Throwback James Wan, notorious nearly a decade ago for helming the first Saw film, has clearly...

Grabbers | Review

Don’t Snatch This Mixed Bag Irish director Jon Wright seems content spoon feeding audiences with derivative genre efforts, or at least one could surmise after...

Killing Season | Review

Karma Con: Johnston’s Latest a Scene Chew to Remember Originally intended as a vehicle to reunite those crass offenders of subtlety, Nicolas Cage and John...

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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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