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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Tampopo (1985) | Review

Noodles and Co.: Itami’s Ramen Saga Retains Delightful Flavor Before the categorization of a cinematic movement affectionately referred to as ‘food porn,’ Japanese director Juzo...

Creepy | Review

Social Disease: Kurosawa’s Aptly Titled Thriller Returns to Expressions of a Serial Killer Japanese auteur Kiyoshi Kurosawa does double duty this year releasing two extravagant,...

The Whole Truth | Review

Truth, Be Told: Hunt Returns to Moral Grey Zone with Courtroom Drama The only real anomalistic quality to Courtney Hunt’s long awaited sophomore feature The...

The Handmaiden | Review

Women in Revolt: Chan-wook’s Sumptuous Period Drama Wrestles with Romance, Revenge Following his 2013 English language debut, Stoker, South Korean auteur Park Chan-wook returns to...

Moonlight | Review

When the Rainbow is Enuf: Jenkins Returns with Exceptional, Moving Character Portrait It’s been eight years since indie filmmaker Barry Jenkins debuted his exceptional directorial...

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2025 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 5 – Lynne Ramsay’s Die My Love

A Cannes Film Festival regular, British filmmaker Lynne Ramsay...

Renoir | 2025 Cannes Film Festival Review

Family of Straw: Hayakawa Paints Busy Coming-of-Age Portrait Going in...

2025 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 5 – Richard Linklater’s ‘Nouvelle Vague’

This is Cannes Film Festival's third invite (second time...

Die My Love | 2025 Cannes Film Festival Review

Images of Yellow Wallpaper: Ramsay Charts a Psychotic Break For...
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