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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Dead Europe | TIFF 2012 Review

Sins of the Father: Krawitz’s Adaptation Promises More Than It Delivers You can’t escape the past, and if your family has demons haunting it from...

Peddlers | TIFF 2012 Review

Pedal to the Medal: Death and Drugs Intermingle on the Street of Mumbai in Bala’s Impressive Debut Vasan Bala, previously casting director and protégé of...

Smashed | TIFF 2012 Review

Leaving Los Angeles: Ponsoldt’s Feature of Addiction & Recovery Anchored by Strong Lead Director James Ponsoldt follows up his under seen 2006 debut Off the...

Crimes of Mike Recket | TIFF 2012 Review

I’m Gonna Wreck It: Sweeney’s Latest a Meek Exercise In Neo Noir Canadian filmmaker Bruce Sweeney returns with his latest, Crimes of Mike Recket, a...

Tower | TIFF 2012 Review

Tour d’ivoire: Radwanski’s Debut a Character Study Of Discontent and Disconnection Canadian filmmaker Kazik Radwanski has created a conflicted character study with Tower, a film...

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