Nicholas Bell

4618 POSTS

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.

Exclusive articles:

The Dreamed Adventure | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review

Reviews

Nicholas Bell - May 26, 2026

The Era of Men: Valeska Dredges the Darkness of the Past There’s an essence of Valeska Grisebach’s cinema which makes one feel as if it’s...

The Birthday Party (Histoires de la nuit) | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review

Reviews

Nicholas Bell - May 24, 2026

Bird on a Wire: The Past Haunts the Present in Mysius’ Thriller For her third feature film, Histoires de la nuit (aka The Birthday Party),...

Coward | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review

Reviews

Nicholas Bell - May 23, 2026

Bent Knee, Limp Wrist: Dhont Explores Love at the Frontline “We have so much to say and we shall never say it,” is one of...

The Black Ball (La bola negra) | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review

Reviews

Nicholas Bell - May 22, 2026

The Play’s the Thing: Ambrossi & Calvo Connect the Dots “Dark love is the love that is never named,” wrote Federico Garcia Lorca in Sonnets...

The Man I Love | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review

Reviews

Nicholas Bell - May 21, 2026

It is Seldom That a Dream Comes True: Sachs Sends Regard with Poignant Elegy In the realm of contemporary queer auteurs, there isn’t anyone quite...

12 3...923 Page 1 of 923

Breaking

La petite dernière (The Little Sister) | Review

Nicholas Bell - June 5, 2026

Interview: Théodore Pellerin – Unifrance 10 to Watch 2026 | 2026 Cannes Film Festival

Interviews June 5, 2026 0

At the 2026 Cannes Film Festival, we got to...

Interview: Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud – Persepolis

Interviews June 4, 2026 0

The thrill of meeting Marjane Satrapi reminded me of being 6 years old at Disney Land when I met the living, breathing Cinderella. Except Cinderella was an actress with a blond wig and Marjane is the real woman behind her autobiographical graphic novel, turned movie, “Persepolis”. The distinctive mole on her nose and her dark sultry eyes rose off the page and appeared in front of me, smoking and speaking with a French accent.