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 Tale of King Crab | Review

Shellfish People: Rigo de Righi & Matteo Zoppis Craft Unique Narrative Steeped in Oral Tradition For their directorial debut The Tale of King Crab, directors...

Paris, 13th District (Les Olympiades) | Review

Same Old Song & Angst: Audiard Misfires with Millennial Love Tugs Jacques Audiard turns to youth culture amour fou with his latest feature, Paris, 13th...

Aline | Review

The Face of Another: Lemercier Normalizes Weird Choices in Bizarre Biopic Like something novel born out of a 30 Rock satire (remember the unauthorized Janis...

Ambulance | Review

Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop: Bays Busts the Panic Button in Rambunctious Heist Remake For a director who cut his teeth in music videos, Michael...

All the Old Knives | Review

The Worst Cut is the Deepest: Metz Revels in Tasty Romantic Thriller Emerging somewhere between the thorny love pacts of Graham Greene and the surefire...

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2026 Cannes Film Festival Predictions: Un Certain Regard

Introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob, the Un Certain...

2026 Cannes Film Festival Predictions: Directors’ Fortnight

It’s nearly impossible to predict what the programming crew...

2026 Eurimages: Mia Hansen-Love, Justine Triet, Bertrand Bonello & Mungiu/Uricaru Land Coin

World cinema heavyweights Mia Hansen-Love, Justine Triet and Bertrand...

2026 Cannes Film Festival Predictions: Critics’ Week

The parallel selection dedicated to debut and sophomore features...
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