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:

Tesla | Review

Sugar Pop Electric: Almereyda Gets Inventive with Curio Biopic If one is familiar with the filmography of Michael Almereyda, one should already know when approaching...

Cut Throat City | Review

Yolo in NOLA: RZA Battles Corruption Post-Katrina in Stifled Neo-Noir The multi-faceted artist RZA returns to the director’s seat for the third time with Cut...

Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula

Zombie Nation: Sang-ho Widens the Net, Lessens the Scope in Sprawling Sequel There is no room in the conceit ‘less is more,’ it seems, in...

Stage Mother | Review

Once Upon a Time, There Was Light in My Life: Fitzgerald Soars with Bittersweet Melodrama A testament for the continual importance of narratives which explore...

The Bare Necessity | Review

I Think I Love You: Le Duc Looks for Love in Absurdist Comedy “Is the life you’re living truly yours?” asks a whispery Fanny Ardant...

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...
spot_imgspot_img