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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The Birthday Party (Histoires de la nuit) | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review

Bird on a Wire: The Past Haunts the Present in Mysius’ Thriller For her third feature film, Histoires de la nuit (aka The Birthday Party),...

Coward | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review

Bent Knee, Limp Wrist: Dhont Explores Love at the Frontline “We have so much to say and we shall never say it,” is one of...

The Black Ball (La bola negra) | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review

The Play’s the Thing: Ambrossi & Calvo Connect the Dots “Dark love is the love that is never named,” wrote Federico Garcia Lorca in Sonnets...

The Man I Love | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review

It is Seldom That a Dream Comes True: Sachs Sends Regard with Poignant Elegy In the realm of contemporary queer auteurs, there isn’t anyone quite...

A Man of His Time (Notre salut) | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review

Lost Illusions: Marre Administers Plodding Portrait of an Opportunist “There’s nothing worse than being bored with a boring man,” according to French writer Antoine Laurain....

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IONCINEPHILE of the Month: Lucia Aleñar Iglesias (Forastera)

IONCINEMA.com’s IONCINEPHILE of the Month highlights an emerging talent...

Interview: Lucía Aleñar Iglesias, Zoe Stein & Agnès Pique Corbera – Forastera (2025)

Long before Bergman’s Persona undertook its psychological and existential...

Renoir | Review

Family of Straw: Hayakawa Paints Busy Coming-of-Age Portrait Going in...

The Wizard of the Kremlin | Review

The Russians Are Killing the Russians Are Killing: Assayas...
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