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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Triangle of Sadness | Review

Voyage of the Damned: Östlund Frowns Down Upon Hardwired Human Folly in Devious Satire Ruben Östlund has built an impressive filmography satirizing social norms, with...

Criterion Collection: Mr. Klein (1976) | Blu-ray Review

In Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s Chinese Roulette (1976), a venomous marital melodrama, a character played by Margit Carstensen provocatively inquires, “Who would this person have...

Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon | Review

The Moon in the Gutter: Amirpour Shoots for the Moon and Misses For her third directorial outing, Ana Lily Amirpour remains fascinated with B-movie grunge...

God’s Creatures | Review

Come On, Aileen: Holmer & Davis Craft Old-Fashioned, Straightforward Thriller Parents lying to protect their children’s potentially heinous crimes is a popular motif in arthouse...

The Good House | Review

Days of Wine & Mortgage: Weaver Soars in Drama on Denial & Redemption “It always begins with denial,” Hildy Good announces in the opening frames...

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2026 Cannes Film Festival Predictions: Directors’ Fortnight

It’s nearly impossible to predict what the programming crew...

2026 Eurimages: Mia Hansen-Love, Justine Triet, Bertrand Bonello & Mungiu/Uricaru Land Coin

World cinema heavyweights Mia Hansen-Love, Justine Triet and Bertrand...

2026 Cannes Film Festival Predictions: Critics’ Week

The parallel selection dedicated to debut and sophomore features...
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