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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Someday We’ll Tell Each Other Everything | Review

Goodbye, First Love: Atef Explores Pangs of Passion Amidst Detached Reunification For her sixth feature film, Germany’s Emily Atef returns to themes of circumstance...

Banel & Adama | Review

A Place in the Sun: Sy’s Fascinating Debut on Ruinous Social Obligations It takes a village…to put you in your place, or so it...

The Most Precious Of Cargoes | 2024 Cannes Film Festival Review

The Zone of Disinterest: Hazanavicius Reanimates the Holocaust in Moral Fable What’s most interesting about director Michel Hazanavicius are his valiant attempts at dabbling in...

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga | Review

Woman Thou Art Loosed: Miller Wades into the Wasteland In all likelihood, George Miller presumably will be closing out his filmography the same way it...

L’amour Ouf (Beating Hearts) | 2024 Cannes Film Festival Review

Thief of Hearts: Lellouche’s Sprawling Romance Has Arrhythmia A common occurrence for actors moonlighting as directors is not knowing how to hone a focus, crafting...

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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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