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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Regra 34 (Rule 34) | 2022 Locarno Intl. Film Festival Review

Cam and See: Murat Explores Pleasure Principles in Provocative Portrait “She does it for the thrill, even if it kills,” might be a good tagline...

Fall (2022) | Review

Why Fall to Pieces?: Mann Mines Survival Formula for Anxiety Laden B-Movie From the depths below to the heavens above, there’s no place safe for...

Rogue Agent | Review

The Spy Who Loved My Money: Patterson & Lawn Get the Grifter in Seductive Drama Scribes Declan Lawn and Adam Patterson present a smoothly administered...

Summering | Review

The Spectacular Now & Then: Ponsoldt Taps Summertime Sadness in Coming-of-Age Drama The dog days of summer aren’t over for a quartet of young girls...

Bodies Bodies Bodies | Review

On Body and Storm: Reijn Uncovers a Snake Pit of Wealthy Frenemies in Social Satire It’s Agatha Christie spliced with the frivolous escapism of social...

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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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