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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Albatros (Drift Away) | 2021 Berlin International Film Festival Review

Bye Bye Birdie: Beauvois Bears Burdens in Old-Fashioned Melodrama The albatross, a large white seabird with a significant wingspan, has been a symbol of a...

Petite Maman | 2021 Berlin International Film Festival Review

Going Home Again: Sciamma Delivers a Slight, Eloquent Slice of Novel Sci-fi Céline Sciamma has built a formidable filmography on tenuous stages of women’s developmental...

Quo Vadis, Aïda? | Review

And Who Shall Be Able to Stand?: Žbanić Returns to Srebrenica in Harrowing Account of Bosniak Genocide If cinema has any responsibility as an artform,...

My Salinger Year | Review

Raise High the Roofbeams, Cinema: Falardeau’s Warm Homage Clangs Carpe Diem “I think that one of these days…you’re going to find out where you want...

The Human Voice | Review

Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?: Almodovar Finds a Talking Cure in Lavish Short In more ways than one, Pedro Almodóvar tackling an adaptation...

Breaking

DJ Ahmet | Review

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

Welcome back to the second portion of our Cannes...

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,...
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