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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Sheep in the Box | Review

I’m a Cyborg, But That’s OK: Koreeda Explores Cruise Control with AI Somehow, despite being set in the ‘not too distant future,’ Hirokzau Kore-eda’s twee...

Rosebush Pruning | Review

The Killing of a Sacred Dogtooth: Ainouz Paints with Contempt Karim Aïnouz doesn’t so much eat the rich as he does regurgitate them in his...

Black Money for White Nights | 2026 Karlovy Vary Film Festival Review

Steal Big, Steal Little: Grozeva & Valchanov Deliver Just Deserts It’s difficult not to feel a sense of schadenfreude in following the drastic downfall of...

The Guest | 2026 Karlovy Vary Film Festival Review

You’ll (Dis)Like My Mother: Mengel Mars a Celebration With his directorial debut The Guest, director Mads Mengel seems to have turned to the manifesto of...

A Happy Family | 2026 Karlovy Vary Film Festival Review

She’s Come Undone: Mack Concocts an Empathetic Chaos It’s clear from the opening moments of Jan-Eric Mack’s narrative debut A Happy Family the title is...

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2027 Oscars: Japan (not France) Submits Hamaguchi’s ‘All of a Sudden’ in International Feature Race

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2027 Oscars: ‘Everytime’, ‘Coward’ & ‘Possible Loves’ Enter International Feature Oscar Race

The International Feature Film category is only beginning to...

Park Ji-Min Joins Théodore Pellerin in Philippe Lesage’s ‘I Just Want a Great Love Story’

Production has begun on Philippe Lesage's highly anticipated I...
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