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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Leto | 2018 Cannes Film Festival Review

Goodbye Lenin: Serebrennikov’s Vibrant Time Capsule More than a Feeling Russian director Kirill Serebrennikov’s on-going house-arrest in Moscow lends his latest film, the period piece...

The Conversation: Nicholas Bell’s Top 10 Most Anticipated 2018 Cannes Films

Time will surely tell if Cannes 2018 is as truly daring as it thinks its competition line-up is, sporting nine directors (nearly half of...

The Conversation: Producer David Thion

French producer David Thion has spent the past eighteen years gambling on untested talents, fostering the filmography of several Gallic novices into full-fledged auteurs....

Backstabbing for Beginners | Review

The Oil and the Pussycat: Fly’s English Debut Sinks to the Bottom Danish director Per Fly makes his English language debut with Backstabbing for...

Mrs. Hyde | Review

Sing the Body Electric: Huppert Glows in Bozon’s Eccentric Take on Robert Louis Stevenson “Things one can’t do are the one I want to,” utters...

Breaking

YES | Review

Break My Soul: Lapid Explores Compromised Artistry During Wartime Essentially,...

Kontinental ’25 | Review

Can You Ever Forgive Me?: Jude Skewers the Status...

Alpha | Review

Turn to Stone: Ducournau Hits a Wall with Disease...

2026 Cannes Film Festival Predictions: Midnight, Cannes Premiere, Special Screenings, Out of Comp

Before we dive headfirst into full-on Palme d’Or predictions...
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