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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Fall (2022) | Review

Why Fall to Pieces?: Mann Mines Survival Formula for Anxiety Laden B-Movie From the depths below to the heavens above, there’s no place safe for...

Rogue Agent | Review

The Spy Who Loved My Money: Patterson & Lawn Get the Grifter in Seductive Drama Scribes Declan Lawn and Adam Patterson present a smoothly administered...

Summering | Review

The Spectacular Now & Then: Ponsoldt Taps Summertime Sadness in Coming-of-Age Drama The dog days of summer aren’t over for a quartet of young girls...

Bodies Bodies Bodies | Review

On Body and Storm: Reijn Uncovers a Snake Pit of Wealthy Frenemies in Social Satire It’s Agatha Christie spliced with the frivolous escapism of social...

Fairytale | 2022 Locarno Intl. Film Festival Review

Planet Terror: Sokurov Gets Purgatorial in Nightmare on 20th Century Tyrants “Death is the solution to all problems,” said Joseph Stalin. It turns out this...

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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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