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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All You Need is Love | Review

Off the Map: Cameron’s Well-Meaning Doc Explores Plight of Displacement Focusing on the thousands of displaced families and children that languish in poverty around the...

Private Peaceful | Review

Brother to Brother: O’Connor’s Rudimentary Look at Familial Ravages in WWII His first film since that ill-advised 2001 remake of Sweet November, which sought to...

Begin Again | Blu-ray Review

After having been picked up for a cool 7 million dollar and some change price tag by the Weinsteins at the Toronto Int. Film...

Sidewalk Stories | Blu-ray Review

Beautifully restored and available for the first time on Blu-ray courtesy of Kino Lorber’s distribution deal with Carlotta US, the Cannes premiered 1989 directorial...

Moebius | Blu-ray Review

Kim Ki-Duk’s latest cauldron of discomfort, Moebius, landed at the 70th Venice International Film Festival and received a limited theatrical release in New York...

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Parallel Tales (Histoires parallèles) | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review

The Double Life of the Voyeurist: Farhadi Fails with...

Fatherland | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review

Every Mann for Themselves: Pawlikowski Remains Chilly with Cold...

2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 2 – Asghar Farhadi’s ‘Parallel Tales’

After gaining international recognition with Berlinale entries in Silver...

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

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