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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The Conversation – Cannes Predictions II: La France

Perhaps more contentious than any other competition titles are the French language items jockeying for coveted slots which are announced last. Both Claire Denis...

Criterion Collection: Women in Love (1969) | Blu-ray Review

Although it’s a rather libelous label often originated or thrust upon outré or idiosyncratic French directors, Britain’s Ken Russell is perhaps the epitome of...

Tuesday Blus: Flowers of Taipei in Hsiao-hsien’s Daughter of the Nile (1987)

Although he’s most widely regarded for a cluster of films from the late 1990s to the early 2000s, it was the 1980s which remain...

The Conversation – Cannes Predictions I: North & South America

As we near the announcement of the 2018 Cannes Film Festival’s program next month (April 12th for Cannes, 16th for Critics' Week and possibly...

Back to Burgundy | Review

Days of Wine and More Wine: Klapisch Delivers a Weak Vintage with Sibling Saga French director Cedric Klapisch has enjoyed something of a singular, sanctified...

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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