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.

Exclusive articles:

Golden Years | 2017 Cannes Film Festival Review

My Baby Shot Me Down: Techine’s Tedious Period Piece a Drained Chronicle While perennial French auteur Andre Techine delivered one of his most vibrant narratives...

The Killing of a Sacred Deer | 2017 Cannes Film Festival Review

The Dear Hunter: Lanthimos Flatlines with Terse Revenge Fantasy There’s no arguing the unique capabilities of Greek Weird Wave alum Yorgos Lanthimos, who broke out...

Happy End | 2017 Cannes Film Festival Review

The Sunshine of Their Love: Haneke Dishes Up Black Comedy with a Dollop of Self-Loathing Happy families are all the same in a Michael Haneke...

BPM (Beats Per Minute) | 2017 Cannes Film Festival Review

The Beat Goes On: Campillo Mounts Generous Homage to ACT UP Paris While there are several noted cinematic renderings of the early days of the...

The Square | 2017 Cannes Film Festival Review

Attenberg Follies: Ostlund’s Meta Commentary Skewers Social Contrivances Adding to a body of work which comically and obsessively examines the underbelly of human desires and...

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Hot Milk | Review

The Eternal Daughter: Lenkiewicz Ladles the Milk of Sorrows Screenwriter...

Interview: Ariane Labed – September Says

A pivotal figure in the Greek Weird Wave, Ariane...

Interview: Jessica Palud – Being Maria

In 2018, political journalist and writer Vanessa Schneider released...
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