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:

April | Review

A Vindicated Woman: Kulumbegashvili Constructs Potent, Profound Study in Body Horror I do not wish them to have power over men; but over themselves,”...

The Shrouds | Review

Death Be Not Shroud: Cronenberg Hits Dead Ends in Sluggish Mystery The burial business serves as the battle ground for a complicated conundrum in David...

A Traveler’s Needs | Review

The Traveler Has Come: Huppert Shines in Latest Collaboration with Sang-soo There are few directors who seem to rightly channel the comic side of Isabelle...

Grand Tour | Review

Runaway Groom: Gomes Charts a Barren Odyssey In what serves as an extremely taxing personification of cold feet, Miguel Gomes feels as if he’s...

Honey Bunch | 2025 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review

Love Like This Before: Sims-Fewer & Mancinelli Examine the Ethics of Love Canadian filmmaking duo Madeleine Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli follow up their disturbing 2020...

Breaking

Ray Gunn | 2026 London BFI Film Festival Review

An Open and Shut Case: Bird’s Passion Project Feels...

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...
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