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:

The Villainess | Review

Born to Kill: Byung-gil Gets Blood Simple in Crackling Clash of Vengeance Your eyes might feel bruised but your pulse will remain elevated throughout Jung...

Polina | Review

The Spurning Point: Preljocaj Does the Dance Divine with Sensible Debut Famed French choreographer Angelin Preljocaj melds his modern rhythms with a classic bildungsroman structure...

Criterion Collection: La poison (1951) | Blu-ray Review

Groucho Marx once drolly remarked, “Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who wants to live in an institution?” Such is the state of the...

The Love of a Woman | Blu-ray Review

Director Jean Gremillon belongs to a select group of WWII era auteurs who were highly revered during their prolific periods (which included the duress...

The Wound | Review

Go Tell It on the Mountain: Trengove Recruits Nakhane Toure for Defiant, Profound Debut South African director John Trengove tackles the compelling subject of black...

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IONCINEPHILE of the Month: Lucia Aleñar Iglesias (Forastera)

IONCINEMA.com’s IONCINEPHILE of the Month highlights an emerging talent...

Interview: Lucía Aleñar Iglesias, Zoe Stein & Agnès Pique Corbera – Forastera (2025)

Long before Bergman’s Persona undertook its psychological and existential...

Renoir | Review

Family of Straw: Hayakawa Paints Busy Coming-of-Age Portrait Going in...

The Wizard of the Kremlin | Review

The Russians Are Killing the Russians Are Killing: Assayas...
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