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 20 Alternative Picks for Cannes 2013: Lucia Puenzo’s Wakolda

Wakolda - Lucia Punezo Section: Un Certain Regard Buzz: After winning the Critics Week Grand Prize in 2007 for her directorial debut, XXY, Argentinean director Lucia...

Top 20 Alternative Picks for Cannes 2013: Jeremy Saulnier’s Blue Ruin

Blue Ruin - Jeremy Saulnier Section: Directors' Fortnight Buzz: Jeremy Saulnier, cinematographer for Matthew Porterfield’s Putty Hill and I Used to Be Darker, unveils his sophomore...

Top 20 Alternative Picks for Cannes 2013: Alex Van Warmerdan’s Borgman

Borgman - Alex Van Warmerdan Section: Main Competition Buzz: Alex Van Warmerdan’s latest film is immediately of note because it’s the first Dutch film to play...

Augustine | Review

A Scandalous Method: Winocour’s Debut a Rich Case Study Celebrated filmmaker Alice Winocour, renowned for several of her short films, makes a compelling debut with...

Cannes 2013 Derby: Refn’s Only God Forgives Tops Nicholas’ Palme d’Or Predictions

Nicolas Winding Refn won Best Director at Cannes for his 2011 film Drive when Robert De Niro was jury president. While many may presume...

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2025 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 11 – Kelly Reichardt’s ‘The Mastermind’

While she has dropped world premieres at Sundance and...

2025 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 11 – Dardenne Bros.’ ‘Jeunes mères’

Winner of the Palme d'Or for 1999's Rosetta (which...

2025 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 10 – Bi Gan’s ‘Resurrection’

An already acclaimed filmmaker in his own right after...

2025 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 10 – Saeed Roustayi’s ‘Woman and Child’

Iranian filmmaker Saeed Roustaee (also spelled Saeed Roustayi -...
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