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:

Resnais Explores a History of Violins in Doomed Love Triangle “Mélo” (1986) | Blu-ray Review

For the second-to-last feature Alain Resnais made in the 1980s, Mélo (1986) is arguably his most accessible, set in 1920s Paris and based on...

Lelio Runs Pell Mell with Ms. Gloria Bell (2018) | Blu-ray Review

Sebastián Lelio scored his best domestic box office success to date with Gloria Bell, his English language remake of 2013’s Gloria, clocking in at...

Oleg | 2019 Cannes Film Festival Review

Immigrant Song: Kursietis Explores a Modern Slave Trade in Sophomore Film Latvian cinema seems on the verge of an international breakthrough, with various new directors...

Domino | Review

They All Fall Down: De Palma Dallies in Inert ISIS Thriller It’s hard to believe Domino, the latest film from legendary director Brian De Palma...

Ma | Review

Misery Loves Company: Spencer Reigns Supreme in Bizarre Portrait of Madness “Hell hath no fury like a (black) woman scorned,” could have been a...

Breaking

La grazia | Review

The Long Goodbye: Sorrentino Returns to Familiar Remembrances of...

Interview: Arab Nassar – Once Upon a Time in Gaza

Over the course of their three feature films, Gaza-born...

Interview: Tawfeek Barhom – I’m Glad You’re Dead Now (Short)

From Tarik Selah's Boy from Heaven (2022) to the...

Interview: Ali Asgari – Divine Comedy

Sometimes, in a landscape where censorship and endless approvals...
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