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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Cut Throat City | Review

Yolo in NOLA: RZA Battles Corruption Post-Katrina in Stifled Neo-Noir The multi-faceted artist RZA returns to the director’s seat for the third time with Cut...

Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula

Zombie Nation: Sang-ho Widens the Net, Lessens the Scope in Sprawling Sequel There is no room in the conceit ‘less is more,’ it seems, in...

Stage Mother | Review

Once Upon a Time, There Was Light in My Life: Fitzgerald Soars with Bittersweet Melodrama A testament for the continual importance of narratives which explore...

The Bare Necessity | Review

I Think I Love You: Le Duc Looks for Love in Absurdist Comedy “Is the life you’re living truly yours?” asks a whispery Fanny Ardant...

Random Acts of Violence | Review

The Violent Bear It Away: Baruchel Turns Murder into Art with Fragmented Debut An exercise which navigates the oft-blurred lines between art and exploitation, actor...

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2026 Cannes: Mysius, Kreutzer, Harari, Grisebach, Herry, Bourgeois-Taquet Among New Faces in the Palme d’Or Comp

A competition section of (currently) twenty-one features with, according...

2026 Cannes: Nicolas Winding Refn, Quentin Dupieux & Bertrand Mandico on the Croisette

The Out of Competition, Midnight Screenings, Cannes Premiere and...
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