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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Toxic (Akiplėša) | 2024 Locarno Film Festival Review

The Taste of a Poison Paradise: Bliuvaite Explores the Commodification of Women’s Bodies Lithuanian filmmaker Saulė Bliuvaitė perhaps could not have contrived a more succinct...

Cent mille milliards | 2024 Locarno Film Festival Review

The Unhappy Hooker: Vernier Explores Ennui in Monaco Interconnected drifters aligned with sex work once again provide the backbone for Virgil Vernier’s third feature 100,000,000,000,000...

Agora | 2024 Locarno Film Festival Review

The Dead Don’t Die: Slim Sets Adrift in Tedious Metaphors For his third feature film, Agora, Tunisian director Ala Eddine Slim continues in the realm...

Moon | 2024 Locarno Film Festival Review

Bitter Moon: Ayub Concocts a Taut Domestic Thriller “It takes time for a bird to escape, even after someone has opened the doors to its...

Fogo do Vento (Fire of Wind) | 2024 Locarno Film Festival Review

The Wind Carries On: Mateus Crafts Political Fable Fusing Past & Present In her debut film, Fogo do Vento (Fire of Wind), which finds a...

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Interview: Marine Atlan – La Gravida | 2026 Cannes Film Festival

This year, the Critics' Week gifted us a feature...

Interview: Abinash Bikram Shah – Elephants in the Fog | 2026 Cannes Film Festival

Making his second splash in Cannes after seeing his...

Interview: Rakan Mayasi – Yesterday the Eye Didn’t Sleep | 2026 Cannes Film Festival

Set within a tightly knit Bedouin community in Lebanon,...
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