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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Blonde | Review

Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl: Dominik Explores Our Assassination of Iconicity There’s no human who’s quite bedazzled the zeitgeist like Marilyn Monroe, the most...

Chiara | 2022 Venice Film Festival Review

Sister and Her Sisters: Nicchiarelli Salutes a Saint in Solemn, Dull Period Reenactment The friendship between Saint Francis of Assisi and his obscured female counterpart...

Our Ties (Les Miens) | 2022 Venice Film Festival Review

Fit to Be Tied: Zem Scuffles with Family Matters in Slight Drama For his sixth film as director, celebrated actor Roschdy Zem assembles a notable...

The Listener | 2022 Venice Film Festival Review

Phone Call from a Stranger: Buscemi Conducts a Conduit of Trauma in Striking One-Woman Show Conjuring everything from Jean Cocteau to T.S. Eliot, Steve Buscemi...

The Damned Don’t Cry | 2022 Venice Film Festival Review

A Boy’s Best Friend is His Mother: Boulifa Explores Complex Symbiosis in Mother-Son Drama Although it’s cribbing the title of a 1950 Joan Crawford starrer,...

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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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