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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Playground | Review

Suffer the Children: Wandel Explores Bullying Through a Child’s Perspective in Superb Debut If everything one needs to know is learned in kindergarten, part of...

Ballad of a White Cow | Review

Kismet Kisses: Moghaddam & Sanaeeha Mine Intimate Vengeance in Rich Melodrama The opening moments of Ballad of a White Cow evokes a quote from Al-Baqarah...

Fabian – Going to the Dogs | Review

The Dog Days Aren’t Over: Graf Puts a New Coat of Paint on the Weimar Republic The Weimar Republic, aka the German Republic, which lasted...

The Worst Person In The World | Review

Sometimes She Loved Them Too: Trier Formulates Winning Composite of Love and Self Discovery For his fifth film, The Worst Person in the World, Norway’s...

Sundown | Review

Slaughter House Rules: Franco Continues with Cinema of Distress The English playwright Robert Bolt wrote “Death comes for us all. Even for kings he comes.”...

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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