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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Saint Omer | Review

Parallel Mothers: Diop Explores Monstrousness and Motherhood in Provocative Courtroom Drama For her narrative feature debut Saint Omer, Alice Diop builds an agonizing and elegant...

Alcarràs | Review

Peach Be With You: Simon Harvests Bitter Reality in Solid, Steady Family Drama Returning to the rural experiences which defined her 2017 debut Summer of...

Par Coeurs | Review

A Matter of Method: Jacquot Surveys the Techniques of Two French Titans in Conversational Doc “I’m all at sea,” moans Isabelle Huppert at the onset...

Broker | Review

Be My Little Baby: Kore-eda Gets Weepy with Sentimental Adoption Drama Hirokazu Kore-eda, Japan’s esteemed purveyor of domestic melancholy, continues with his bid for...

Babylon [Video Review]

Something to Talkie About: Chazelle Swings Hard with Homage to Hollywood’s Unruly Infancy If there’s a film deserving of the Leone-esque moniker Once Upon a...

Breaking

2026 Eurimages: Mia Hansen-Love, Justine Triet, Bertrand Bonello & Mungiu/Uricaru Land Coin

World cinema heavyweights Mia Hansen-Love, Justine Triet and Bertrand...

2026 Cannes Film Festival Predictions: Critics’ Week

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