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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The Conversation: 2015 Oscar Predix: Still Julianne Moore… Best Actress Win in the Bag

The Nominations: Best Actress Marion Cotillard in “Two Days, One Night” Felicity Jones in “The Theory of Everything” Julianne Moore in “Still Alice” Rosamund Pike in “Gone Girl” Reese...

The Conversation: 2015 Oscar Predix: A Break in the System…Leviathan is Dark Horse Winner for Best Foreign Pic

The Nominations: Foreign Language Film “Ida” Poland “Leviathan” Russia “Tangerines” Estonia “Timbuktu” Mauritania “Wild Tales” Argentina Shoulda Been a Contender: Force Majeure Always a contentious category considering the silly selection process,...

The Conversation: 2015 Oscar Predix: Third Time a Definite Charm… Anderson’s Budapest Hotel Should Win Original Screenplay

The Nominations: Best Original Screenplay “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)” Written by Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. & Armando Bo “Boyhood”...

The Conversation: 2015 Oscar Predix: Damien Chazelle Should Jazz Up Adapted Screenplay Win

The Nominations: Adapted Screenplay “American Sniper” Written by Jason Hall “The Imitation Game” Written by Graham Moore “Inherent Vice” Written for the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson “The...

The Conversation: 2015 Oscar Predix: Wild at Heart… Arquette Leads Dern & Co. for Best Supporting Actress Win

The Nominations: Best Supporting Actress Patricia Arquette in “Boyhood” Laura Dern in “Wild” Keira Knightley in “The Imitation Game” Emma Stone in “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of...

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2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 1 – Koji Fukada’s ‘Nagi Notes’

Koji Fukada emerged as one of the major voices...

A Woman’s Life (La Vie d’une femme) | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review

Things to Come: Bourgeois-Tacquet Explores an Affair to Remember Crimes...

Nagi Notes | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review

Only the Lonely: Fukada Explores Constructions of Identity Japanese auteur...
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