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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Rose | 2026 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review

A Self-Made Man: Schleinzer Explores the Privilege of Pants If there’s a trough line (beyond the eponymous titles) of Austrian director Markus Schleinzer’s films, it’s...

Salvation | 2026 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review

Hysterical Intervention: Alper Gets Overwrought Exploring Tribalism The land dispute at the center of Emin Alper’s latest film Salvation has all the trademarks of a...

Rosebush Pruning | 2026 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review

The Killing of a Sacred Dogtooth: Ainouz Paints with Contempt Karim Aïnouz doesn’t so much eat the rich as he does regurgitate them in his...

Nightborn | 2026 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review

Only Mothers Left Alive: Bergholm Tackles Motherhood Malaise Finnish director Hanna Bergholm adds to the subgenre of motherhood body horror with Nightborn (Yön Lapsi), an arguably...

Dao | 2026 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review

Family Rituals: Gomis Goes For Broke in Sprawling Epic With his first narrative feature in nearly a decade, French-Senegalese director Alain Gomis formulates a complex...

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2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 5- Jeanne Herry’s ‘Garance’

Among the least known filmmakers in the comp, the...

2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 5 – László Nemes’ ‘Moulin’

Four films in and his second trip to the...

2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 4 – James Gray’s ‘Paper Tiger’

The last minute addition to the competition line-up (we...

Paper Tiger | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review

In the Forests of the Night: Gray Frames Fearful...
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