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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Through the Looking-Glass…Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2016: #3. Fabrice du Welz’s Message From the King

Message From the King Director: Fabrice du Welz // Writers: Oliver Butcher, Stephen Cornwell Belgian director Fabrice du Welz announced himself with a memorable debut over...

Through the Looking-Glass…Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2016: #4. Ulrich Seidl’s Herr Grasl

Herr Grasl Director: Ulrich Seidl // Writer: Ulrich Seidl After premiering his monolithic Paradise trilogy across 2012 and 2013, along with the long gestating documentary project...

Through the Looking-Glass…Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2016: #5. Mia Hansen-Love’s The Future

The Future Director: Mia Hansen-Løve // Writer: Mia Hansen-Løve Actress turned director Mia Hansen-Løve (married to auteur Olivier Assayas) has quickly become one of the most notable contemporary French...

Little Accidents | Review

Casualties of Class War: Colangelo’s Well Performed, Soporific Debut The directorial debut of Sara Colangelo, Little Accidents, finds a filmmaker afforded the possibility to expand...

Blackhat | Review

Black in the Saddle: Mann’s Cyber Thriller Forgets Thrills Though clearly uninterested in providing conventional thrills with his first theatrical release in six years, director...

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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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