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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In the House | TIFF 2012 Review

Write On: Ozon’s Latest an Exercise in Authorial Manipulation The steadily working Francois Ozon continues with his playful dark comic streak in his latest, In...

Hello I Must Be Going | Review

Do You Know Where You’re Going To?: Louiso’s Latest Outing an Engrossing Gem After his 2009 sophomore feature, The Marc Pease Experience was bamboozled out...

Tears of Gaza | Review

Suffer the Children: Causalities of War on Display in Norwegian Doc Norwegian actress and director Vibeke Løkkeberg’s latest film, Tears of Gaza, is a visceral...

The Land of Hope | TIFF 2012 Review

The Japan Syndrome: Sono Puts Human Face to Tsunami Tragedy The prolific and insanely busy Sion Sono returns with another tale centered on the aftermath...

All That Matters Is Past | TIFF 2012 Review

Weirdness In the Woods: Johnsen’s Latest an Intriguing, Complicated Love Triangle Norwegian filmmaker Sara Johnsen’s latest film, All That Matters Is Past is a curiously...

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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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