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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Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #40. Lucile Hadzihalilovic’s Evolution

Evolution Director: Lucile Hadzihalilovic // Writers: Alanté Kavaïté, Lucile Hadzihalilovic While she’s mostly known for having co-written Gaspar Noe’s infamous 2009 film, Enter the Void, Lucile...

Predestination | Review

Adjustment Bureau: The Spierig Bros. Resuscitate Heinlein’s Dime Store Sci-Fi Though it gets off to an idle, clunky start, the Spierig Bros, an Australian directing...

The Search for General Tso | Review

And Tso It Goes: Cheney’s Cuisine Opts for Sugar over Spice It should go without saying that cuisines considered Chinese in the United States are...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #41. Michel Franco’s Chronic

Chronic Director: Michel Franco// Writer: Michel Franco Provocateur Michel Franco has already built an impressive filmography with two highly divisive films, including his 2009 debut Daniel...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #42. Tran Anh Hung’s Éternité

Éternité Director: Tran Anh Hung // Writer: Tran Anh Hung Vietnamese auteur Tran Anh Hung had a smoldering early career, snagging the Camera D’or at Cannes...

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2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 2 – Paweł Pawlikowski’s ‘Fatherland’

Post My Summer of Love (2004) and The Woman...

Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review

The Story of O: Schoenbrun Approaches the Horrific Desire...

2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 1 – Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet’s ‘A Woman’s Life’

With her sophomore feature, Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet made her first...

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

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