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 Employer and the Employee | 2021 Cannes Film Festival Review

Bargaining Basement: Zas Presents a Touch of Caste in Free Market Melodrama The working class do not go to heaven in Manuel Nieto Zas’ third...

Softie (Petite nature) | 2021 Cannes Film Festival Review

Sharp Shock to Your Soft Side: Theis Mines the Uncomfortable Realities of Sexuality In the one-hundred-and-twenty-five years since the detrimental trials of Oscar Wilde and...

Tom Medina | 2021 Cannes Film Festival Review

The Man Without a Country: Gatlif Explores the Tribulations of Redemption in Oblique Character Study French-Algerian director Tony Gatlif remains something of a European anomaly...

The Hill Where the Lionesses Roar | 2021 Cannes Film Festival Review

Hear Them Roar: Bajrami Shouts an Outcry on Female Subjugation Luàna Bajrami, who appeared as the maid in Celina Sciamma’s Portrait of a Lady on...

A Tale of Ordinary Madness: Bravo Delivers a Cinematic Unicorn – Zola [Video Review]

A Tale of Ordinary Madness: Bravo Delivers a Cinematic Unicorn Cinematic innovators are few and far between, but a blazing hot anomaly is revealed in...

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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...
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