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 Buriti Flower (Crowrã) | 2023 Cannes Film Festival Review

Rites of Resistance: Messora & Salaviza Provide Historical Ellipses of the Krahô Researching a community without causing hindrance or harm has long been a concern...

Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry | 2023 Cannes Film Festival Review

The End of the Affair: Naveriani Finds Love in a Hopeless Place Georgian filmmaker Elene Naveriani solidifies her gravitational pull towards examining rural social misfits...

Il pleut dans la maison (It’s Raining in the House) | 2023 Cannes Film Festival Review

Baby the Rain Must Fall: Life Imitates Art in Serman-Daï’s Narrative Debut There’s a literalness in It’s Raining In The House (Il pleut dans la maison)...

Master Gardener | Review

That Shall He Also Reap: Schrader Sows the Seeds of Fate with Metaphorical Blossoms The seeds of hate are sown the same as seeds of...

Butterfly Vision | Review

Coming Home: Nakonechnyi Explores Collateral Damage in Prescient Drama While the near decade long conflict between Russian and Ukraine has spilled into full-blown war, a...

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2026 Cannes Film Festival Predictions: Directors’ Fortnight

It’s nearly impossible to predict what the programming crew...

2026 Cannes Film Festival Predictions: Critics’ Week

The parallel selection dedicated to debut and sophomore features...
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