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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Simon of the Mountain | 2024 Cannes Film Festival Review

The Face of An(other): Luis Complicates Identity Politics Although it’s playing quite purposefully with various ambiguities and motifs, Federico Luis’ directorial debut Simon de...

Le Deuxième Acte (The Second Act) | 2024 Cannes Film Festival Review

The Art of Saying Nothing: Dupieux Deconstructs Cinema Had Luis Bunuel approached conveying the reality of cinema produced by artificial intelligence, there may have been...

Jeanne du Barry | Review

Vanity Affair: Maïwenn Tarries with Madame du Barry For her sixth feature film, Maïwenn tackles her first period piece with Jeanne du Barry, resurrecting a...

Evil Does Not Exist | Review

The Killing of a Sacred Dear: Hamaguchi Explores Ills of Urbanization Ryūsuke Hamaguchi explores the doctrine about the absence of evil in his latest drama...

La Bête (The Beast) | Review

In the Mood for Love & Death: Bonello Explores the Final Frontier of Emotional Intelligence Throughout the dizzying centuries-spanning odyssey of an unrequited love in...

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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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