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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Vermines | 2023 Venice Film Festival Review

The Spider’s Stratagem: Vanicek Weaves Familiar Web with Debut Creature Feature Creature features have an odd way of satisfying a variety of our escapist desires,...

Adagio | 2023 Venice Film Festival Review

Rome, Smoking City: Sollima Languorous Thriller Tiresomely Tests Narrative Cliches The most apropos element of Stefano Sollima’s Adagio is the title itself, as it’s two-hour-plus...

Sobre todo la noche (Foremost the Night) | 2023 Venice Film Festival Review

Other Mothers: Iriarte’s Debut a Murky Mix of Neo Noir and Melodrama For his film debut Foremost the Night, Víctor Iriarte frames his peculiarly staged...

Finalmente L’Alba (Finally Dawn) | 2023 Venice Film Festival Review

Cruel Intentions: Costanzo Pays Homage to the Demi-Monde of the Italian Film Industry After adapting Elena Ferrante’s "My Brilliant Friend" for television, Saverio Costanzo returns...

Sidonie au Japon | 2023 Venice Film Festival Review

Second Chance Romance: Girard Haunts Huppert in Erstwhile Ghost Story Isabelle Huppert conjoins two of her most recent recurring cinematic themes with Sidonie in Japan,...

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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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