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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Sofia Coppola’s “The Bling Ring” Opens Un Certain Regard in Cannes’ Year of the Woman?

We doubt that it'll be as populated as Sundance was, but if this year’s Cannes Film Festival should be remembered for anything, it will...

Criterion Collection: Gate of Hell | Blu-ray review

Teinosuke Kinugasa’s glorious and vibrant masterpiece, Gate of Hell, excitingly receives a Criterion digital remastering this month, a certifiable occasion because this not only...

2013 Cannes Film Festival Predictions: Ari Folman’s The Congress

#4. Ari Folman’s The Congress Gist: In The Congress, an aging actress (Robin Wright) with a disabled child agrees to a large payment to have...

2013 Cannes Film Festival Predictions: Nicolas Winding Refn’s Only God

#5. Nicolas Winding Refn’s Only God Forgives Gist: Julien (Ryan Gosling) runs a Thai boxing club in Bangkok, but the business is a front for...

2013 Cannes Film Festival Predictions: Catherine Breillat’s Abuse of Weakness

#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...

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Sumo: Spirit Weighs Nothing | 2026 London BFI Film Festival Review

A Heavy Toll: Shirai’s Artful Take on the Body...

Interview: Virginie Efira – All of a Sudden

In All of a Sudden (read review), Virginie Efira delivers...

Interview: Nathalia Acevedo – Salón de belleza

Actress-turned-filmmaker Nathalia Acevedo made her feature directorial debut with...

Fjord | Review

Uncanny Valley: Mungiu Explores Liberated Prisons Totalitarian mentality is driven...
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