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:

Song to Song | Blu-ray Review

Terrence Malick runs into his usual refrain in his latest, Song to Song, a film replete with aching, lost souls whose various interconnected narratives...

The Lost City of Z | Blu-ray Review

Although it’s one of the best theatrical releases of 2017 (and a novel change of pace for James Gray), the epically conceived The Lost...

The Zookeeper’s Wife | Blu-ray Review

Jessica Chastain and her furry co-stars are the only the real reason to experience Niki Caro’s high-profile adaptation of Diane Ackerman’s The Zookeeper’s Wife,...

Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer | DVD Review

Already one of the most obscured gems of 2017, Joseph Cedar’s impressive English debut Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New...

False Confessions | Review

Fair is False and False is Fair: Bondy’s Final Conquest Collapses Theatrical and Cinematic Convention Cinematic adaptations of 18th century French novelist and playwright Marivaux...

Breaking

The Debut | 2026 Toronto Intl. Film Festival Review

A Star Is Reborn: Julianne Moore Powers Jesse Eisenberg’s...

Children of the Monkey (I figli della scimmia) | 2026 Venice Film Festival Review

The Favorited Son: Landucci Looks at How Love Can...

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...
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