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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Some Girl(s) | Review

Somebody That I Used to Know: Mayer Mutates Labute’s Misogyny Much has been already been mentioned about Some Girl(s) as a new Neil Labute film,...

Venus Vs. | 2013 LAFF Review

Men Are From Mars: DuVernay’s Fascinating Sports Doc Focuses on Elusive Williams Sister Director Ava DuVernay further displays the fascinating reaches of her talents with...

Boxing Day | 2013 LAFF Review

Ape & Essence: Rose’s Latest Another Profound Tolstoy Exercise Like Branagh’s penchant for bringing Shakespeare to celluloid, British director Bernard Rose has steadily amassed a...

The Stroller Strategy | Review

What to Expect When You’re Expecting to Expect It: Michele’s Debut Arrives Stillborn Times are tough for the rom-com and Hollywood isn’t the only old...

Stoker | Blu-ray Review

Receiving a rather chilly, subdued reaction after its premiere at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, Park Chan-wook’s English language debut, Stoker arrives on Blu-ray...

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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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