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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Colette | Review

Elle Époch: Westmoreland Recuperates a Literary Giant in Appealingly Frank Biopic After winning the Sundance Grand Jury Prize for the 2005 breakout film Quinceañera, co-directors...

Lizzie | Review

Walk Away Genet: Macneill Revisits the Lurid Case of Lizzie Borden in Fascinating, Empowering Psychological Portrait For true crime aficionados, there is perhaps no figure...

Five Fingers for Marseilles | Review

Finger Food: Matthews Attempts to Mount a Western in Modern Colonialist Trauma Kudos to director Michael Matthews and screenwriter Sean Drummond for taking the time...

The Conversation: Vox Lux Leads Best of TIFF 2018

As the Toronto International Film Festival continues to downsize its programming and say adieu to CEO and Director Piers Handling for its 2018 edition,...

Retrospekt | 2018 Toronto Intl. Film Festival Review

Domestic Disturbance: Rots Presents a Puzzle with Portrait of Troubled Woman Female agency and fractured fellowship form the basis of Dutch director Esther Rots’ sophomore...

Breaking

2026 Cannes Film Festival Predictions: Un Certain Regard

Introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob, the Un Certain...

2026 Cannes Film Festival Predictions: Directors’ Fortnight

It’s nearly impossible to predict what the programming crew...

2026 Eurimages: Mia Hansen-Love, Justine Triet, Bertrand Bonello & Mungiu/Uricaru Land Coin

World cinema heavyweights Mia Hansen-Love, Justine Triet and Bertrand...

2026 Cannes Film Festival Predictions: Critics’ Week

The parallel selection dedicated to debut and sophomore features...
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