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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Dirty Difficult Dangerous | 2022 Venice Film Festival Review

Done Dirt Cheap: Charaf Chafes at Exploited Migrants in Scanty Drama For his sophomore film, Dirty Difficult Dangerous, Lebanese/French director Wissam Charaf presents an indictment...

Princess | 2022 Venice Film Festival Review

Grimm Fairy Tale: De Paolis’ Neo-Realist Exploration of Migrant Sex Work Brazen, Bewildering Life’s anything but a fairy tale for the titular character at the...

Peter von Kant | Review

Save Your Tears for Another Day: Ozon Revels in the Camp Mystique of R.W. Fassbinder It’s clear François Ozon has long been obsessed with the...

Funny Pages | Review

Drawn That Way: Kline Makes a Mark with Singular Coming-of-Age Comedy The emphasis of form vs. soul is the riddle at the crux of Funny...

Regra 34 (Rule 34) | 2022 Locarno Intl. Film Festival Review

Cam and See: Murat Explores Pleasure Principles in Provocative Portrait “She does it for the thrill, even if it kills,” might be a good tagline...

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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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