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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Most Anticipated Films of 2013: Top 25 From 2012

Every year, there are an exorbitant amount of titles that get plenty of attention on the festival circuit but don’t manage to make it...

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Kind of a Big Deal: Michelle Chong’s Choppy Directorial Effort Skirts By on Charm The multi-talented Michelle Chong, a notable Singaporean host and television actress,...

Nicholas Bell’s Top Ten Films of 2012: (Picks 5 to 1) Leos Carax’s Holy Motors is #1

5. Amour – Dir. Michael Haneke (Austria) Winner of the Palme D’or at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, the second for auteur Michael Haneke, much...

Nicholas Bell’s Top Ten Films of 2012: Strong Year for U.S. Indie – DuVernay, Batmanglij & Zobel Among Picks 10-6

10. Elena – Dir. Andrei Zvyagintsev (Russia) Of my theatrical releases, two of these made waves in 2011 on the festival circuit, such as Russian...

Nicholas Bell’s Top Ten Unreleased Films of 2012: Picks 5 to 1 include Challenging Films from Seidl, Franco & Reygadas

#5. Beyond the Hills – Dir. Cristian Mungiu (Romania) Romanian auteur Cristian Mungiu returns with this doozy of a film concerning two friends who grew...

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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...

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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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