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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Las Acacias | Review

If There Be Thorns: A Road Trip to an Almost Imperceptible Romance in Graceful Debut For his feature film debut, Pablo Giorgelli has created a...

[REC] 3: Genesis | Review

Beginning of the End: Third Installment in Spanish Horror Series Morphs Into Banal Comedy Every successful franchise eventually runs into a final chapter that miserably...

The Inbetweeners Movie | Review

Not a Boy, Not Yet a Man: Palmer’s Film Version of Popular Series a Threadbare Sketch While it may have sounded like a good idea...

Chicken With Plums | Review

A La Cart: Satrapi’s Latest a Visual, Fairy Tale Buffet Directors Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud prove they are as visually adept with live action...

For a Good Time, Call… | Review

Hold, Please: Travis’ Debut an Anachronistic, Hilarious Laugh Penned by Katie Ann Naylon and star Lauren Miller, For a Good Time, Call… is a surprisingly...

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Interview: Marine Atlan – La Gravida | 2026 Cannes Film Festival

This year, the Critics' Week gifted us a feature...

Interview: Abinash Bikram Shah – Elephants in the Fog | 2026 Cannes Film Festival

Making his second splash in Cannes after seeing his...

Interview: Rakan Mayasi – Yesterday the Eye Didn’t Sleep | 2026 Cannes Film Festival

Set within a tightly knit Bedouin community in Lebanon,...
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