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 Pink Cloud | Review

Endemic Pandemic: Gerbase Unveils Prophetic Debut of Life During Lockdown The uncanny prescience of Iuli Gerbase’s directorial debut The Pink Cloud is as stunning as...

Italian Studies | Review

Pieces of a Woman: Leon’s Latest Gets Lost in Own Identity Crisis Somewhere along the various perambulations of its conflicted protagonist, Adam Leon’s Italian Studies...

What Do We See When We Look at the Sky? | Review

Eye See You: Koberidze Spins a Modern Fairy Tale of Distracted Perceptions Georgian director Alexandre Koberidze ascends to a sublime arthouse stature with his curious...

The Tender Bar [Video Review]

Producers: George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Ted Hope. Executive producers: Barbara A. Hall, J.R. Moehringer. Director: George Clooney. Screenplay: William Monahan, based on the memoir by J.R. Moehringer. Camera:...

Interview: Lars Nilsen – Warped and Faded: Weird Wednesday and the Birth of the American Genre Film Archive

I chatted with Lars Nilsen for his publication Warped & Faded: Weird Wednesday and the Birth of The American Genre Film Archive (edited by...

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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