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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The Station | 2013 TIFF Review

Copy Creature: Kren’s Sophomore Feature a Hybrid Derivative Following his Berlin set zombie debut Rammbock, Austrian director Marvin Kren returns with The Station, an eco-horror-ish...

Break Loose | 2013 TIFF Review

Loose Caboose: Uchitel’s Latest Clings to Convention Russian director Alexey Uchitel returns with Break Loose, a romantically tinged period piece crime drama that’s nicely packaged,...

Mystery Road | 2013 TIFF Review

Lost Highway: Sen Returns With Racially Charged Thriller Celebrated Australian director Ivan Sen returns with his fourth feature, Mystery Road, a brooding murder mystery set...

Trap Street | 2013 TIFF Review

Trap of the Human Heart: Qu’s Debut a Sinister Slow Boil Boy spies beautiful girl while engaged in rote work activities. Boy becomes fascinated with...

Heart of a Lion | 2013 TIFF Review

Finding Out True Love Is Blind: Karukoski’s Latest Tackles Vehement Racial Tensions Rising Finnish director Dome Karukoski follows up his hit 2010 comedy Lapland Odyssey...

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2026 Cannes Film Festival – Checklist of Our Reviews

IONCINEMA.com’s Chief Film Critic Nicholas Bell reviewed the entire...

2026 Cannes Film Festival Winners – Un Certain Regard [Video]

The jury of Leila Bekhti and peers Thomas Cailley,...
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