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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Exit Elena | Review

A Room of One’s Own: Nathan Silver’s Uncomfortable Familial Exploration Compelling, observant, and uncomfortably funny, Nathan Silver’s latest feature, Exit Elena, is pleasant surprise, a...

Just Like a Woman | Review

Female Trouble: Bouchareb’s Understated First Chapter in Arab-American Trilogy Algerian filmmaker Rachid Bouchareb, perhaps most widely recognized for his films Outside the Law (2010) and...

I’m So Excited | Review

Music Make You Lose Control: Almodovar’s Return to High Camp Shenanigans Fans of Pedro Almodovar’s early works, like Dark Habits and Women on the Verge...

Museum Hours | Review

Images in Isolation: Cohen’s Meditative Hybrid Explores Time and Existence Documentary filmmaker Jem Cohen makes his first attempt at a narrative piece with Museum Hours,...

100 Bloody Acres | Review

At Any Price: Aussie Horror Comedy Predictable, Maintains Interest Content with delivering an overly familiar comedy-horror scenario even as it seems committed to bringing both...

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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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