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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Holly | 2023 Venice Film Festival Review

The Girl with All the Gifts: Torch Tiptoes into Genre with Aloof Drama Belgian director Fien Troch has built a steadfast filmography on quietly painful...

The Summer With Carmen | 2023 Venice Film Festival Review

The Write Stuff: Life Becomes Art in Mavroeidis Sun Dappled Debut Hindsight is 20/20, especially when it comes to using romantic liaisons as creative fodder...

Enea | 2023 Venice Film Festival Review

Deal or No Deal: Castellitto Distracted by Design in Drug Pusher Drama Director Pietro Castellitto embarks on a familial affair with sophomore film Enea, in...

The Palace | 2023 Venice Film Festival Review

It’s Only the End of the World: Polanski Checks Out with Broad Satire As many are likely to avoid The Palace, the latest film from persona...

Making Of | 2023 Venice Film Festival Review

The Working Class Goes to the Back Lot: Kahn Prosaically Processes a Director’s Strife What should cinema be and who should it be made for?...

Breaking

2026 Cannes’ La Résidence: Pillion’s Harry Lighton & Toxic’s Saulé Bliuvaité Among Half Dozen Selected

The Cannes Film Festival’s La Résidence is welcoming Harry...

Two Prosecutors | Review

Ordeal by Innocence: Loznitsa Mines the Terrors of Naïveté A...
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