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:

Sentimental Value | Review

Life as a House: Trier Turns Broken Hearts Into Art In Woody Allen’s Interiors (1978), an unhappy tale of three sisters contending with their parents’...

Die My Love | Review

Images of Yellow Wallpaper: Ramsay Charts a Psychotic Break For her first narrative feature in eight years, Lynne Ramsay returns with Die My Love, based...

Nouvelle Vague | Review

Make Me Lose My Breath: Linklater Meddles in Manicured Homage It’s unclear what the exact purpose of Nouvelle Vague is meant to serve, other than...

Bugonia | Review

When Will They Ever Learn?: Lanthimos Turns to Eco-Horror Yorgos Lanthimos embarks on his first remake with Bugonia, a loose adaptation of the 2003 Korean...

The Mastermind | Review

Thieves Like Us: Reichardt Wanders with an Inscrutable Slacker Abstract paintings are not the only undefined objects in The Mastermind, the latest from Kelly Reichardt,...

Breaking

Sumo: Spirit Weighs Nothing | 2026 London BFI Film Festival Review

A Heavy Toll: Shirai’s Artful Take on the Body...

Interview: Virginie Efira – All of a Sudden

In All of a Sudden (read review), Virginie Efira delivers...

Interview: Nathalia Acevedo – Salón de belleza

Actress-turned-filmmaker Nathalia Acevedo made her feature directorial debut with...

Fjord | Review

Uncanny Valley: Mungiu Explores Liberated Prisons Totalitarian mentality is driven...
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