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.

Exclusive articles:

Titane | Review

Car Crash Set: Ducournau Crafts a Cult Classic with Grotesque Odyssey of Dysfunction In J.G. Ballard’s seminal 1973 cult novel Crash, infamously adapted in 1996...

Venom: Let There Be Carnage | Review

How to Lose Friends & Alien Ate People: Serkis Navigates Odd Bedfellows in Routine Sequel Though perhaps a novel choice for helming Marvel sequel...

No Time to Die | Review

A Time to Love & a Time to Spy: Fukunaga Lays Craig to Rest in Bond Bacchanalian It all comes full circle, or at least...

Inexorable | 2021 Toronto Intl. Film Festival Review

The Hand that Mocks the Cradle: Du Welz Finds an Interloper in Vintage Throwback Long before a lithesome ingenue shows up to ruin a wealthy...

Dear Evan Hansen | Review

Letter from an Unknown Human: Chbosky Hits False Note with Musical Adaptation Now navigating its third medium following the publication of Steven Levenson’s novel and...

Breaking

2026 Cannes Film Festival Predictions: Palme d’Or – Part 1

In less than two weeks, Thierry Frémaux will unveil...

YES | Review

Break My Soul: Lapid Explores Compromised Artistry During Wartime Essentially,...

Kontinental ’25 | Review

Can You Ever Forgive Me?: Jude Skewers the Status...

Alpha | Review

Turn to Stone: Ducournau Hits a Wall with Disease...
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