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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Polisse | Review

Maiwenn’s Docudrama Packs an Emotional Wallop French actress, model, and director Maiwenn’s latest film, Polisse opens with a disclaimer that the film is based on...

Girl In Progress | Review

Never Gets Beyond a Rough Draft: Riggen Receives Failing Grade Painful. Awkward. Potentially damaging to your later development---these common traits associated with adolescence are also...

Where Do We Go Now? | Review

Nadine Labaki Gives Peace a Chance Caramel director Nadine Labaki returns with her sophomore effort, the much hailed Where Do We Go Now?, a trite...

I Wish | Review

Why Did Those Days Ever Have To Go?: Wishmaster Koreeda’s Closely Watched Train Master filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda returns once again to child protagonists for his...

Tonight, You’re Mine | Review

Mackenzie’s Music Concert DocuRomCom Has All the Chemistry of an Arranged Marriage. David Mackenzie’s second title from 2011, Tonight, You’re Mine opens only several weeks...

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Interview: Marine Atlan – La Gravida | 2026 Cannes Film Festival

This year, the Critics' Week gifted us a feature...

Interview: Abinash Bikram Shah – Elephants in the Fog | 2026 Cannes Film Festival

Making his second splash in Cannes after seeing his...

Interview: Rakan Mayasi – Yesterday the Eye Didn’t Sleep | 2026 Cannes Film Festival

Set within a tightly knit Bedouin community in Lebanon,...
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