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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Jurassic World Dominion | Review

This World Is Not Enough: Trevorrow Goes Through the Motions in Extinction Level Event It’s neither the first nor the last time a toxic commingling...

Lost Illusions | Review

F is for Fake: Giannoli Highlights Prescience in Adaptation of Balzac Classic The erosion of romanticism and idealism is at the core of Honore de...

Benediction | Review

Words of War: Davies Recuperates Another Poet in Impressionistic Biopic Following the critical success of his masterful portrait of Emily Dickinson in A Quiet Passion...

Crimes of the Future | Review

Origin of the Neo-Species: Cronenberg Crafts a Discourse on Human Evolution Whatever the evolution happening in the world of David Cronenberg’s Crimes of the Future,...

Dashcam | Review

Arrhythmia of the Night: Savage Triumphs with Delightfully Bizarre Socio-Horror There’s an art to successful presentations of unlikeable characters, further complicated when a protagonist is...

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2026 Cannes Film Festival Predictions: Un Certain Regard

Introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob, the Un Certain...

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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