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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Everything Everywhere All at Once | Review

In the Realm of the Senses: The Daniels Explore Meaning in the Eye of the Storm “It’s not having what you want, it’s wanting what...

Umma | Review

Sorry to Mother You: Shim Takes Familiar Conceits to Logical Conclusions with Innocuous Debut From Aronofsky to Roger Michell, from Pearl S. Buck to Georges...

Ahed’s Knee | Review

Kneedful Things: Lapid Highlights Complex Conflicts in Indignant Screech The entirety of Ahed’s Knee, the fourth film from Israel’s Nadav Lapid, is formatted to aggravate...

Bloody Oranges | Review

Strange Fruit: Meurisse Gets Gonzo with Slice of Cinema Bizarre Director Jean-Christophe Meurisse follows up his 2016 comedy Apnee with something a bit more uncomfortable...

Alice | Review

What the Dormouse Said: Linden Squanders a Significant Subject in Earnest, Flat Rendering “If a story is no good, being based on Hamlet won’t save...

Breaking

YES | Review

Break My Soul: Lapid Explores Compromised Artistry During Wartime Essentially,...

Kontinental ’25 | Review

Can You Ever Forgive Me?: Jude Skewers the Status...

Alpha | Review

Turn to Stone: Ducournau Hits a Wall with Disease...

2026 Cannes Film Festival Predictions: Midnight, Cannes Premiere, Special Screenings, Out of Comp

Before we dive headfirst into full-on Palme d’Or predictions...
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