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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Angelo | 2018 Toronto Intl. Film Festival Review

The Moor the Merrier: Schleinzer Returns with Incendiary Portrait of Indentured Servitude Austrian director Markus Schleinzer returns with his long-awaited sophomore film Angelo, a follow-up...

Sew the Winter to My Skin | 2018 Toronto Intl. Film Festival Review

Or Else It Gets the Hose Again: Qubeka Recuperates a Rebel from Apartheid South Africa South Africa’s film industry remains somewhat on the fringe of...

One Last Deal | 2018 Toronto Intl. Film Festival Review

Art to Art: Haro Conjures Another Character Study in Crowd-pleasing Drama Much like his contemporary Dome Karukoski, Finnish director Klaus Härö is one of his...

The Vice of Hope | 2018 Toronto Intl. Film Festival Review

Hope to It: De Angelis Tackles Child Trafficking in Latest Neapolitan Drama Life may be bleak, but it’s also textured with fascinating possibilities in the...

The River | 2018 Toronto Intl. Film Festival Review

Bury the Sins & Wash Them Clean: Baigazin Presents the Dysfunction of Isolation in Simmering Drama Over the last decade, several prominent voices out of...

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Interview: Marine Atlan – La Gravida | 2026 Cannes Film Festival

This year, the Critics' Week gifted us a feature...

Interview: Abinash Bikram Shah – Elephants in the Fog | 2026 Cannes Film Festival

Making his second splash in Cannes after seeing his...

Interview: Rakan Mayasi – Yesterday the Eye Didn’t Sleep | 2026 Cannes Film Festival

Set within a tightly knit Bedouin community in Lebanon,...
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