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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Tomb Raider | Review

A Tomb of One’s Own: Uthuag Cracks a Croft Pot with Video Game Reboot Norwegian helmer Roar Uthaug, who scored an international breakthrough with his...

Tuesday Blus: On the Metro with Peerce’s The Incident & Mother’s Little Helper in Atlman’s Images

This week’s edition of Tuesday Blus includes the following titles: Call Me By Your Name Film Review: ★★★½/☆☆☆☆☆ Disc Review: ★★★/☆☆☆☆☆ Winning one of its four Oscar nominations...

Hannah | Review

No Whale Out: Pallaoro Strikes Somber Chords with Pitch Perfect Rampling You’ll be hard pressed to find another melodrama as inconspicuously tightlipped as Andrea Pallaoro’s...

Interview: Bavo Defurne & Yves Verbraeken – Souvenir

We met with director Bavo Defurne and screenwriter Yves Verbraeken following the premiere of their sophomore collaboration Souvenir at the Toronto International Film Festival...

Red Sparrow | Review

Bird of Prey: Lawrence Tries a Red Scare with Gritty Espionage Thriller Like the Marquis de Sade outfitted for a contemporaneous tangent of the...

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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