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:

Mademoiselle Paradis | 2017 Toronto International Film Festival Review

Paradis Regained: Albert Explores Thwarted Romantic Episode of Obscured Pianist Austrian director Barbara Albert revisits 1770s high-society Vienna in her exploration of an attraction between...

It | Review

The Right Stuff: Muschietti’s Floats to the Top with a Crack at King Often, cinema has not proven to be a kind vessel for the...

Number One | 2017 Toronto International Film Festival Review

One is the Loneliest Number: Marshall Explores White Collar Gender Politics Gender disparity in the workplace is hardly unique to the American job market, as...

Mrs. Fang | 2017 Toronto International Film Festival Review

Death Be Not Proud: Bing’s Chilly Portrait of Death a Cultural Critique of Contemporary China Celebrated Chinese documentarian Wang Bing scored a major coup with...

Beyond Words | 2017 Toronto International Film Festival Review

Stranger in a Strange Land: Antoniak Explores the Black and White of the Refugee Crisis The ongoing refugee crisis provides the framework of Urszula Antoniak’s...

Breaking

Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother | 2026 Toronto Intl. Film Festival Review

Holy War: Mahershala Ali Unleashes Fatherly Vengeance Your Mother Your...

Back to Buenos Aires | 2026 Venice Film Festival Review

The Doctor and the Devils: Bechis Explores the Agony...

A Bit of Light | 2026 Venice Film Festival Review

Under the Cherry Moon: Asgari Lets the Sun Shine...

One Minute to Midnight (Un peu avant minuit) | 2026 Venice Film Festival Review

The Man Who Snubbed Women: Pariser Performs a Patriarchal...
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