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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2016 Warsaw Film Festival: The Comrade Who Came in from the Cold

As Poland’s capital, Warsaw is representative of the country’s rich and complex historical legacy, something which can’t be discussed without a thorough understanding of...

Christine | Review

Mad as Hell: Campos Paints a Moving, Psychological Portrait of Sensational Subject For his third and most psychologically complex feature to date, Antonio Campos presents...

Certain Women | Review

All I Desire: Reichardt’s Exceptional Triptych of Tenacious Women Though she’s already touted as one of the most talented American contemporary directors, Kelly Reichardt accomplishes...

Aquarius | Review

Sign of the Times: Filho’s Formidable Examination of Life as a House For his sophomore effort, Brazilian director  crafts an intriguing character study around a...

Criterion Collection: Dekalog | Blu-ray Review

Since the inception of cinema, there are few filmmakers who have successfully achieved a simultaneous mixture of formidable narrative scope and cinematographic prowess. But...

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Nouvelle Vague | 2025 Cannes Film Festival Review

Make Me Lose My Breath: Linklater Meddles in Manicured...

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...
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