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 Reluctant Fundamentalist | Review

Turn and Face the Strain: Nair’s Latest Adaptation a Return to Form Citing the project as nearly five years in the making, Mira Nair’s adaptation...

Sun Don’t Shine | Review (AFI Film Fest)

Madlands: Seimetz’ Relationship Drama Takes Us on a Road Trip to Love Hell Managing to balance an insanely busy schedule that boasts quality and quantity,...

Kuma | Review

Two’s Company: Dag’s Extraordinary Debut Perversely Compelling Like Feo Aladag’s 2010 harrowing debut, When We Leave, Austrian-Kurdish director Umat Dag’s first film, Kuma, examines the...

Feed Me With Your Words | Review

Holy Strokes!: Turk’s Debut Loses Its Appetite Born out of a collaboration with the Torino Film Lab comes Martin Turk’s feature directorial debut, Feed Me...

Mushrooming | Review

Scandal Sheet: An Odd, Disjointed Look at Estonia’s Political Climate Estonian director Toomas Hussar makes his screen debut with Mushrooming, a sort of political satire,...

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

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Resurrection | 2025 Cannes Film Festival Review

In Dreams: Gan Explores a Century of the Cinematic...

Woman and Child | 2025 Cannes Film Festival Review

All the Regime Allows: Roustaee Finds a Woman Scorned If...

Caravan | 2025 Cannes Film Festival Review

All About My Martyr: Kirchnerová’s Debut Finds the Journey...
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