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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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...

iLL Manors | TIFF 2012 Review

Urbane Safari: Ben Drew’s Debut an Exercise in Abject Miserabilism British musical artist Ben Drew, aka Plan B, makes his directorial debut with a story...

When I Saw You | TIFF 2012 Review

Seeing is Believing: Jacir Revisits Historical Period of Palestinian Refugees in Sophomore Feature Director Annemarie Jacir’s much celebrated 2008 film, Salt of This Sea, was...

Shores of Hope | TIFF 2012 Review

Back in the GDR: Hebbeln’s Debut Feature Revisits Political Turmoil of East Germany Writer/director Toke Constantin Hebbeln follows up his 2006 short film Nevermore with...

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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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