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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Dossier 137 | 2025 Cannes Film Festival Review

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Nicholas Bell - May 15, 2025

Investigation of Citizens Above Suspicion: Moll Persists with Police Procedural Dominik Moll reunites with his usual collaborating scribe Gilles Marchand in Dossier 137, their third...

L’Engloutie (The Girl in the Snow) | 2025 Cannes Film Festival Review

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Nicholas Bell - May 15, 2025

Snow Way: Hémon Delivers Unwanted Help in the High Alps A young, idealistic school teacher almost literally chooses her hill to die on in Louise...

Enzo | 2025 Cannes Film Festival Review

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Nicholas Bell - May 14, 2025

Call Me By Your Pain: Campillo Gently Guides Cantet’s Swan Song Laurent Cantet was a filmmaker consistently concerned with humans existing on the margins, those...

Leave One Day (Partir un Jour) | 2025 Cannes Film Festival Review

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Nicholas Bell - May 13, 2025

Chef’s Kiss: Bonnin Uses Familiar Recipe in Pleasant Debut For her directorial debut, Partir un Jour (Leave One Day), based on her own 2021 Cesar...

Love (Kjærlighet) | Review

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Nicholas Bell - May 12, 2025

Ain’t Nothin’ But Sex Misspelled: Haugerud Continues Quiet, Earnest Talking Cure Trilogy Norwegian director Dag Johan Haugerud continues his sexuality-themed film trilogy (Sex/Dreams/Love) in Love,...

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