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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Under the Tree | Review

I Feel Petty: Sigurdsson Dispels the Myth of Polite Society with Sharp Social Satire Hell may be other people, but it’s most certainly your...

Cukor Goes Crazy with A Bill of Divorcement (1932) | Blu-ray Review

A dated romantic melodrama based on a 1920s play by Clemence Dane (who won a Best Screenplay Oscar in 1945 for Alexander Korda’s Vacation...

Wise Gets Going with Cat People in a False Sequel The Curse of the Cat People (1944) | Blu-ray Review

An oddity amongst oddities from the annals of producer Val Lewton, 1944’s The Curse of the Cat People is an early example of Hollywood’s...

The Conversation: Best Foreign Language Oscar Contenders

While we’ve yet to see what will take home the Golden Lion out of Venice this September, many of the contenders for what will...

The Cakemaker | Review

I’ll Never Have That Recipe Again: Graizer Glazes Quiet Drama with Bittersweet Longing There’s an awful lot of complex intersectionality going on within Israeli director...

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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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