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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High Tide | 2020 Sundance Film Festival Review

The Moon in the Gutter: Chen Turns Tables in Taut Character Study Argentina’s Veronica Chen adds to the annals of violent amour fou with her...

Exil | 2020 Sundance Film Festival Review

Fugee Fugue: Perceptions and Paranoia Make Bitter Bedfellows in Morina’s Drama For anyone who’s ever experienced the phenomenon of ‘otherness,’ Visar Morina’s terrific sophomore film...

Summer White | 2020 Sundance Film Festival Review

Sons & Lovers: Patterson Explores the Trouble with Sharing the Love in Subdued Debut The subject of the single mother is a scenario rife for...

The Corrupted | Review

Crime Time: Scalpello Skirts the Underbelly in Generic, Capable Thriller We’ve reached a point where something like The Corrupted, the latest offering from Britain’s Ron...

Troop Zero | Review

Feeling Like a Number One: Bert & Bertie Get Glossy with Good Intentions For those who prefer to view the world through rosy-tinted glasses, there’s...

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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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