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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Men | Review

Take Back the Fright: Garland Returns with Cryptic Fable on Trenchant Misogyny The tagline for George Cukor’s 1939 classic The Women, which notably featured...

Marcel! | 2022 Cannes Film Festival Review

Dog Gone: Trinca Debuts Pleasant Semi-autobiographical Dramedy “I’m devoted to divination,” sniffs a haughty Alba Rohrwacher as a self-centered mother in Jasmine Trinca’s directorial debut,...

Frère et soeur (Brother and Sister) | 2022 Cannes Film Festival Review

I’m Not One of Your Fans: Desplechin Delivers Camp Classic with Failed Melodrama No one depicted in Frère et soeur (Brother and Sister), the latest...

Goutte d’Or (Son of Ramses) | 2022 Cannes Film Festival Review

Sun of a Gun: Cogitore Returns with Cryptic Drama on Violence, Exploitation France’s Clément Cogitore is clearly a fan of the mysterious and inexplicable sinews...

The Woodcutter Story | 2022 Cannes Film Festival Review

One Flew Over the Cuckold’s Nest: Myllylahti Contends Hope Floats in Black Comedy By their nature, fables provide fanciful cinematic avenues of metaphorical expression as...

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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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