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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La Jauría | 2022 Cannes Film Festival Review

Beasts in the Jungle: Pulido Suffers the Children in Sinister Debut At the bizarre intersection of a walkabout and a penal colony is La Jauría...

Les Amandiers (Forever Young) | 2022 Cannes Film Festival Review

Mixed Nuts: Tedeschi Returns to Acting School in Charming, Vigorous Homage For her fifth narrative feature, the indefatigable Valeria Bruni Tedeschi conjures a nostalgic reunion...

Don Juan | 2022 Cannes Film Festival Review

A Woman is a Woman: Bozon Invokes the Eternal Seducer in Eccentric Musical Much like Casanova, the name Don Juan has become a euphemism for...

Nos Cérémonies (Summer Scars) | 2022 Cannes Film Festival Review

Summertime Sadness: Reith Explores Brotherly Love with Ominous Magical Realism It’s a formulation as old as storytelling, two men whose love for one another is...

Continental Drift (South) | 2022 Cannes Film Festival Review

Conventional Liaisons: Baier Leans into the Comedy of Crisis Through Familial Rift Swiss director Lionel Baier completes the third section of an intended four part...

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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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