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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Down with the King | Review

King Without a Crown: Ongaro Crafts a Rap Trap in Portrait of Creative Crisis Fifteen years ago, Jay-Z defiantly declared “Thirty’s the new twenty” in...

Beauty | Review

It’s Not Right, But It’s Okay: Dosunmu Finds Fame is a Heartbreak Hotel in Familiar Melodrama Destined to be the oddest entry in Andrew Dosunmu’s...

Marcel the Shell with Shoes On | Review

Clam Happy: Fleischer-Camp Fleshes Out His Amusing/Absurd Sketch of a Precocious Mollusk On paper, the inevitability of something like Marcel the Shell with Shoes On...

Lost Highway (1997) | Review

Fugue De Chao: Lynch Hits the Yellow Bricks in Masterful, Neglected Daymare “I like to remember things my own way,” remarks the onerous protagonist of...

Good Luck to You, Leo Grande | Review

The Roman Spring of Emma Thompson: Hyde Demands Over Time in Sex Work Dramedy One wonders what Camille Paglia might have to say about Good...

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2026 Cannes Film Festival Predictions: Un Certain Regard

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2026 Cannes Film Festival Predictions: Directors’ Fortnight

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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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