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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Arbitrage | Review

Margin Kill: This JareckI Went to Wall Street for an Uneven Debut Arbitrage is defined as “the simultaneous purchase and sale of the same securities,...

White Elephant | TIFF 2012 Review

Sisyphus Complex: Trapero’s Latest Argentinean Melodrama Ironically Titled Argentinean auteur Pablo Trapero returns with his latest, White Elephant, the last in what caps a trilogy...

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...

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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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