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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Samsara | Review

Fever Dreams of a Tangential Wheel: Fricke’s Latest a Visual Feat, Contextual Blunder A veritable poem of moving pictures, Ron Fricke’s latest visual analysis of...

Teddy Bear | Review

You’ll Like My Mother: Matthiesen’s Debut a Gentle Giant Director Mads Matthiesen developed his 2007 short film Dennis into his feature debut, Teddy Bear, a...

Cosmopolis | Review

Consuming Dystopia: Cronenberg’s Latest a Morose Microcosm of Greedy Consumption David Cronenberg returns to a familiar formula, that of creating a uniquely original film from...

Robot & Frank | Review

We all need a PAL. Robot & Frank, the feature debut of director Jake Schrier, sounds like it has the potential to land in independent...

The Awakening | Review

She Ain’t Afraid ‘a No Ghosts: Rebecca Hall’s Deadening Vehicle a Snoozer UK director Nick Murphy, previously known for his dabbling in television, snags Rebecca...

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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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