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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Kiss of the Damned | Review

Nothing Human Loves Forever: Cassavetes’ Feature Debut Gloriously Vintage Xan Cassavetes joins the family directorial legacy with her feature debut, Kiss of the Damned, a...

Love is All You Need | Review

Before the Wedding: Bier’s Latest a Vibrant Vehicle for Dyrholm Susanne Bier returns with an uncharacteristically light film, Love Is All You Need, after her...

Cannes 2013: Jarmusch’s “Only Lovers Left Alive” Among Five Last Minute Additions

Confirming some last minute additions to this year’s lineup, Cannes officials announced some exciting new titles, including (which we predicted) Jim Jarmusch’s Only Lovers...

Midnight’s Children | Review

Changeling Game: Mehta’s Latest a Stodgy, Swollen Adaptation A fictional narrative that attempts to recuperate an impressive fifty year historical timeline concerning relations between...

Arthur Newman | Review

Hello, Newman: Ariola’s Meditation on Getting a Life Fails to Have One For a film whose tagline aggressively demands, “If you don’t have a life,...

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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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