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:

Öndög | 2019 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review

Steppe in the Name of Love: Quan’an Returns with Distinctive, Mysterious Flair For his seventh feature, Chinese filmmaker Wang Quan’an turns to the Mongolian steppe...

Everybody Knows (Todos Lo Saben) | Review

Iran So Far Away: Farhadi Stumbles with Spanish Soap Opera Two-time Oscar-winning Iranian auteur Asghar Farhadi (A Separation; The Salesman) makes his Spanish-language debut with...

Acid | 2019 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review

Melt With You: Gorchilin Tracks the Apathy of Russia’s Youth in Agitated Debut No one gives a damn about their generation until they begin to...

2019 Berlin Intl. Film Festival: Nicholas Bell’s Top 5 Most Anticipated Films

For its 69th edition of the festival, Berlin presents a varied and unpredictable lineup of international auteurs. Plenty of returning luminaries are present, including...

Criterion Collection: Mikey and Nicky (1976) | Blu-ray Review

Of the four noted directorial efforts from writer-director Elaine May, whose career behind the camera ended after the critical debacle of 1987’s infamous...

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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