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: Catherine Breillat’s Abuse of Weakness

Festival Predictions

Nicholas Bell - April 14, 2013

#9. Catherine Breillat’s Abuse of Weakness Gist: Abuse of Weakness will trace the autobiographical experience of Breillat with a notorious swindler. Isabelle Huppert stars as...

2013 Cannes Film Festival Predictions: Abdellatif Kechiche’s Blue is the Warmest Color

Festival Predictions

Nicholas Bell - April 14, 2013

#15. Abdellatif Kechiche's Blue is the Warmest Color Gist: This centers on Jocelyne (Adele Exarchopoulos), who is 15 years old and is certain of two...

2013 Cannes Film Festival Predictions: Claire Denis’ Bastards

Festival Predictions

Nicholas Bell - April 13, 2013

#16. Claire Denis’ Bastards Gist: Container ship captain Marco Silvestri is called urgently back to Paris. His sister, Sandra, is desperate... her husband has committed...