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 Zookeeper’s Wife | Review

My Antonina: Chastain Saves the Day in Glossy Holocaust Drama As a byproduct of commodifying historical based cinema, we’ve become numb and desensitized to depictions...

Criterion Collection: Blow-Up | Blu-ray Review

Italian auteur Michelangelo Antonioni ended the 1960s, his most consequential and revered cinematic period, with a legendary bang. Following his quartet of brooding treatments...

ZPG (Zero Population Growth) | Blu-ray Review

Today, director Michael Campus is best remembered as an alum of Blaxploitation, thanks mostly to 1973’s The Mack, which featured an early role for...

A Game of Death (1945)| Blu-ray Review

Making his move from editor (Citizen Kane, The Devil and Daniel Webster, and The Magnificent Ambersons) to director in the early 1940s, Robert Wise...

Just a Sigh | DVD Review

It’s been a long road for the slight but nevertheless worthwhile Just a Sigh from Jerome Bonnell, the French director’s English language debut which...

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Closure | 2026 Sundance Film Festival Review

Seriousness Sensationalized: Marczak Uses a Father in Turmoil to...

Nuisance Bear | 2026 Sundance Film Festival Review

Creature Discomfort: Docu Explores the Long Rift Between Neighbors Adding...

2026 Sundance: Beth de Araújo’s ‘Josephine’ Doubles Down Lands Grand Jury & Audience Award Prizes

Following a thunderous world premiere, Beth de Araújo’s sophomore...

Ha-chan, Shake Your Booty! | 2026 Sundance Film Festival Review

Strictly Soft Gloom: Wladyka's Bereft Bliss Puts Spotlight on...
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