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 Day After | 2017 Cannes Film Festival Review

Three Women: Sang-soo Goes for Slight(ly) Sober in Black and White Mix-up South Korea’s Hong Sangsoo surpasses his own prolific, breakneck speed with a whopping...

Golden Years | 2017 Cannes Film Festival Review

My Baby Shot Me Down: Techine’s Tedious Period Piece a Drained Chronicle While perennial French auteur Andre Techine delivered one of his most vibrant narratives...

The Killing of a Sacred Deer | 2017 Cannes Film Festival Review

The Dear Hunter: Lanthimos Flatlines with Terse Revenge Fantasy There’s no arguing the unique capabilities of Greek Weird Wave alum Yorgos Lanthimos, who broke out...

Happy End | 2017 Cannes Film Festival Review

The Sunshine of Their Love: Haneke Dishes Up Black Comedy with a Dollop of Self-Loathing Happy families are all the same in a Michael Haneke...

BPM (Beats Per Minute) | 2017 Cannes Film Festival Review

The Beat Goes On: Campillo Mounts Generous Homage to ACT UP Paris While there are several noted cinematic renderings of the early days of the...

Breaking

La petite dernière (The Little Sister) | Review

The Lost Daughter: Herzi Passes Up Potency in Standard...

Interview: Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud – Persepolis

The thrill of meeting Marjane Satrapi reminded me of being 6 years old at Disney Land when I met the living, breathing Cinderella. Except Cinderella was an actress with a blond wig and Marjane is the real woman behind her autobiographical graphic novel, turned movie, “Persepolis”. The distinctive mole on her nose and her dark sultry eyes rose off the page and appeared in front of me, smoking and speaking with a French accent.

Interview: Eivind Landsvik – Low Expectations | 2026 Cannes Film Festival

Exploring themes of mental health, emotional recovery, companionship, and...
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