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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East of Noon | 2024 Cannes Film Festival Review

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Nicholas Bell - May 21, 2024

Noon Gloom: Elkoussy Mounts Shadowy, Allegorical Fantasy An industrial wasteland outside of a specific time or place provides the backdrop for Hala Elkoussy’s ingenious, but...

Limonov: The Ballad | 2024 Cannes Film Festival Review

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Nicholas Bell - May 21, 2024

Wild at Heart: Serebrennikov Oversimplifies Odyssey of Soviet Dissident If one were to dilute a Molotov cocktail enough to make its destructive capabilities null and...

Miséricorde | 2024 Cannes Film Festival Review

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Nicholas Bell - May 20, 2024

Kiss Me or Kill Me: Guiraudie Stirs a Sinister Solace in the Backwoods Alain Guiraudie returns to the ruinous climes of rural malcontentedness with his...

In Retreat | 2024 Cannes Film Festival Review

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Nicholas Bell - May 18, 2024

A Man of Constant Sorrow: Ali Explores the Network of Disconnection There’s an inescapable sense of mournfulness throughout Maisam Ali’s debut In Retreat, in which...

Savanna and the Mountain | 2024 Cannes Film Festival Review

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Nicholas Bell - May 18, 2024

Once Upon a Time in Barroso: Carneiro Speaks Truth to Power Opening with the gusto of a faded fairy tale, Portuguese filmmaker Paulo Carneiro’s Savanna...

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