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:

Sibyl | Review

Doctor Strange: Triet Gets Tricky with Autofiction Affair Reuniting with Virginie Efira, the lead from her 2016 sophomore breakout Victoria (aka In Bed with Victoria),...

In Between Dying | 2020 Venice Film Festival Review

In the Mood for Love: Baydarov Searches for a Real Love in Enigmatic Road Trip All you need is love, if you can find it,...

Space Dogs | Review

Every Dog Will Have Her Day: Kremser & Peter Create a Canine Ghost Story in Moody Doc One mustn’t love dogs, per se, to enjoy...

The Best Is Yet to Come | 2020 Venice Film Festival Review

Disease Beat: Jing Revisits the Turn of the Century with Saccharine Debut Whenever the protégé of a major contemporary auteur branches out into their own...

Cuties | Review

L’amener Sur: Doucouré’s Debut a Winning, Familiar Bildungsroman French writer/director Maïmouna Doucouré strikes a mostly affable balance between familiar coming-of-age tropes and culturally specific intersections...

Breaking

Total Eclipse of the Art: Markus Schleinzer Sets Christian Friedel as ‘Klaus’ Nomi

Fresh off the acclaimed Berlinale premiere of his third...

No Disappearing Act Here: Kino Lorber Locates Manuela Martelli’s ‘The Meltdown’

Following its Un Certain Regard premiere at Cannes, Manuela...

Two Prosecutors | Review

Ordeal by Innocence: Loznitsa Mines the Terrors of Naïveté A...

2026 Eurimages: Kira Kovalenko, Monia Chokri & Camille Vidal-Naquet Land Coin

Some Cannes Film Festival alumni in Kira Kovalenko, Monia...
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