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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Uppercase Print | Review

Capital Crimes: The Play’s the Thing in Jude’s Rendering of Secret Police Files Romanian director Radu Jude lets no grass grow under his feet, back...

Spencer | Review

In the Name of the Rose: Larrain Crafts Empathetic Portrait of an Icon in Anguish The eternal impact of Diana, Princess of Wales, whose...

The Harder They Fall [Video Review]

Zest of the West: Samuels’ Western Soap Opera Long on Style, Short on Substance In a film which plays as both recuperation and revisionism,...

Sisters | Review

O Brother, Where Art Thou?: Benguigui Explores Fractured Cultural Identities in Meta Drama It’s been two decades since French-Algerian filmmaker Yamina Benguigui released her exceptional...

Antlers | Review

The Killing of a Sacred Deer: Cooper Wanders Unevenly into Indigenous Lore Director Scott Cooper moves beyond the comfort of his melodramatic roots with Antlers,...

Breaking

2026 Cannes Film Festival Predictions: Palme d’Or – Part 1

In less than two weeks, Thierry Frémaux will unveil...

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...
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