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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Déjà vu (1985) | Blu-ray Review

A French maxim denoting a particular experience of already having seen or experienced something, the term Déjà vu reached its pop saturation point long...

Dunkirk | Review

The Art of War: Nolan Wages War of the Senses in Visceral Reenactment On all accounts as noble a cinematic endeavor as it is sheer...

Kekszakallu | Review

A Man’s World: Solnicki Scores with Experimental Exercise in Ennui and Agency Standing as the most enigmatic art-house debut to achieve limited theatrical release stateside,...

Footnotes | Review

The Tread Shoes: Calori and Testut Hoof through Musical Homage Directors Paul Calori and Kostia Testut face something of an uphill battle with their directorial...

The Untamed | Review

The Pleasure Principle: Escalante Makes a Monster Mash with Distinctive Social Drama The shadow of Andrzej Zulawski’s infamous erotic creature feature/divorce melodrama Possession (1981) looms...

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2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 3 – Marie Kreutzer’s ‘Gentle Monster’

From Austria, Marie Kreutzer breaks into the Palme d'Or...

Gentle Monster | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review

The Children’s Hour: Kreutzer Poses Provocative Dilemmas The complex trappings...

All of a Sudden | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review

Of Human Bondage: Hamaguchi Highlights Humanity in Quiet Drama In...

2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 3 – Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s All of a Sudden

The second Japanese filmmaker to premiere in the competition...
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