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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Fidelio: Alice’s Journey | Palm Springs International Film Festival Review

Go Ask Alice: Borleteau’s Debut Examines Desire, Gender, and Maturity Sure to be described as “European,” seemingly in the sense that it relays a familiar...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #3. Joachim Trier’s Louder Than Bombs

Louder Than Bombs Director: Joachim Trier // Writers: Joachim Trier, Eskil Vogt With only two features under his belt, Norwegian director Joachim Trier remains at the...

The World Made Straight | Review

Civil War on Drugs: Burris Turns Southern Gothic into Southern Comfort Though its title sounds something you’d expect to grace a Christian propaganda film starring...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #4. Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Lobster

The Lobster Director: Yorgos Lanthimos // Writers: Efthymis Filippou, Yorgos Lanthimos With his third feature, 2009's Dogtooth, Yorgos Lanthimos became the forefront of what's coming to...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #5. Guillaume Nicloux’s The Valley of Love

The Valley of Love Director: Guillaume Nicloux // Writer: Guillaume Nicloux Even with eleven feature films under his belt, director Guillaume Nicloux remains the least recognizable...

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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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