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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Disappearance | 2017 Toronto International Film Festival Review

Terms of Estrangement: Koole Poses Familial Woes in Chilly Scenes of Winter “Family is just accident…,” remarks one of the tortured characters in Marsha Norman’s...

The Price of Success | 2017 Toronto International Film Festival Review

The Price of Life: Lussi-Modeste’s Modest Profile on the Sacrifice of Fame and Fortune Director Teddy Lussi-Modeste scored positive notices for his 2011 debut Jimmy...

The Conversation: Tipping into TIFF (Top 5 Most Anticipated Films)

As we head into the 42nd edition of the Toronto International Film Festival, change is afoot. Earlier this year, it was confirmed the festival...

Castaway (1986) | Review

Castabout: Roeg’s Neglected Island Adventure Collapses Marriage and Misogyny The Quad celebrates the career of renowned British auteur Nicolas Roeg in a week-long retrospective in...

Heat and Dust (1983) | Review

Passage to India: Ivory’s Double Romance Gets a Sterling Restoration Cohen Media Group continues to re-release its catalogue of Merchant-Ivory titles with their latest restoration...

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IONCINEPHILE of the Month: Lucia Aleñar Iglesias (Forastera)

IONCINEMA.com’s IONCINEPHILE of the Month highlights an emerging talent...

Interview: Lucía Aleñar Iglesias, Zoe Stein & Agnès Pique Corbera – Forastera (2025)

Long before Bergman’s Persona undertook its psychological and existential...

Renoir | Review

Family of Straw: Hayakawa Paints Busy Coming-of-Age Portrait Going in...

The Wizard of the Kremlin | Review

The Russians Are Killing the Russians Are Killing: Assayas...
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