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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2013 Cannes Film Festival Predictions: Gregg Araki’s White Bird in a Blizzard

#67. Gregg Araki's White Bird in a Blizzard Gist: Based on the novel by Laura Kasischke, the narrative follows an adolescent female whose life is...

2013 Cannes Film Festival Predictions: Joanna Hogg’s Untitled London project

#69. Joanna Hogg's Untitled London project Gist: The as yet untitled third feature from Joanna Hogg is described as the everyday intersection between horrendous and...

2013 Cannes Film Festival Predictions: Sylvain Chomet’s Attila Marcel

#71. Sylvain Chomet's Attila Marcel Gist: Chomet leaves behind animation for his first live action film, a musical comedy. A young boy sees his parents...

2013 Cannes Film Festival Predictions: Ulrich Seidl’s In the Basement

#73. Ulrich Seidl’s In the Basement Gist: Seidl returns to his roots as a documentary filmmaker for his first feature after completing his revered Paradise...

Trance | Review

Goya’s Ghosts: Boyle’s Twisty Tale Fails to Hypnotize Danny Boyle re-teams with scribe John Hodge (co-writing with Joe Ahearne) for Trance, their first collaboration...

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Sentimental Value | 2025 Cannes Film Festival Review

Life as a House: Trier Turns Broken Hearts Into...

2025 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 9 – Joachim Trier’s ‘Sentimental Value’

Everyone took notice with his 2006 debut Reprise, but...

2025 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 9 – Oliver Hermanus’ ‘The History of Sound’

South African filmmaker Oliver Hermanus might be another newbie...

2025 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 9 – Carla Simón’s ‘Romería’

In competition film #16 of the twenty-two offerings, and...
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