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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Dolce Fine Giornata | 2019 Sundance Film Festival Review

Under the Tuscan Sun: Borcuch Presents Compelling Intersection on Art and Political Responsibility Polish director Jacek Borcuch travels abroad once again for his fifth feature,...

I Am Mother | 2019 Sundance Film Festival Review

They Call Me Mother: Sputore Examines What It Means to Be Human in Sci-Fi Debut Australia’s Grant Sputore makes an impressive directorial debut with the...

The Lodge | 2019 Sundance Film Festival Review

You Gotta Have Faith: Severin & Fiala Mine Familial Madness in Warped Psychodrama Reexamining similar themes of the inherent madness of isolation and the potential...

Monos | 2019 Sundance Film Festival Review

Monkey See Monkey Do: Landes’ Latest a Moody, Hermetic Portrait of Guerilla Warfare Brazil’s Alejandro Landes concocts a moody, textured exercise on child soldiers and...

Golden Youth | 2019 International Film Festival Rotterdam Review

Youth Without Youth: Ionesco Waxes and Wavers on Partying at Le Palace Writer-director Eva Ionesco returns to semi-autobiographical inspiration for her sophomore film Golden Youth...

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The Palme d'Or winner and the Best Director winners...

2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 10 – Léa Mysius’ ‘Histoires de la Nuit’

Léa Mysius’s cinema as to this point focused on...

The Black Ball (La bola negra) | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review

The Play’s the Thing: Ambrossi & Calvo Connect the...
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