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: Alex Van Warmerdan’s Borgman

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Nicholas Bell - May 15, 2013

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

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Nicholas Bell - May 14, 2013

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

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Nicholas Bell - May 13, 2013

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

Aftershock | Review

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Nicholas Bell - May 10, 2013

After shock, after shock: Lopez Directs Roth in Another Tourist Nightmare Recalling the glut of disaster movies that invaded the multiplexes in the 60s and...

Errors of the Human Body | Review

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Nicholas Bell - May 6, 2013

Body Talk: Sheean’s Debut Forgoes Thrills for Moody Drama Eron Sheean, best known for writing the 2011 Xavier Gens film, The Divide, arrives with his...

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2026 Cannes: Daniel Soares, Federico Luis, Theo Montoya & Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell’s Phạm Thiên Ân in Palme d’Or (short) Comp!

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Ten short films—nine clocking in at 15 minutes, with...

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