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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Top 20 Alternative Picks for TIFF 2013: Bruce Labruce’s Gerontophilia

Bruce LaBruce - Gerontophilia Section: Vanguard Dates: Monday 9th, Wednesday 11th, Friday 13th Buzz: What to do with Bruce LaBruce, whose titles will most likely always reside...

Top 20 Alternative Picks for TIFF 2013: Helene Cattet & Bruno Forzani’s The Strange Color of Your Body’s Tears

Helene Cattet & Bruno Forzani - The Strange Color of Your Body's Tears Section: Vanguard Dates: Wednesday 11th, Thursday 12th, Saturday 14th Buzz: Helene Cattet and Bruno...

Abigail Harm | Review

First Do No Harm: Plum for Plummer in Oddly Engaging Fairy Tale For his third feature film, Lee Isaac Chung adapts a Korean folk tale,...

Closed Circuit | Review

Three Days of Ardour: Crowley’s Political Thriller Blunderbuss There’s considerable promise at the beginning of Closed Circuit, employing a sort of Mike Figgis cam of multiple...

The Lifeguard | Review

Sink or Swim: Garcia’s Debut a Glossy Derivative Though featuring a handful of winning performances from an extremely likeable cast, writer/director Liz W. Garcia’s debut,...

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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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