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 Arbalest | 2016 SXSW Film Festival Review

Reviews

Nicholas Bell - March 15, 2016

Toy Story: Pinney’s Debut a Strange Love Puzzle Writer and cinematographer Adam Pinney (credited for both on indie filmmaker Adam Orr’s films Blood Car and...

Room | Blu-ray Review

Disc Reviews

Nicholas Bell - March 15, 2016

Directly following its premiere at the 2015 Telluride Film Festival, Lenny Abrahamson’s Room won the People’s Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival,...

Carol | Blu-ray Review

Disc Reviews

Nicholas Bell - March 15, 2016

A critical darling right out the gate of its premiere at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, Todd Haynes’ Carol, was a clear Oscar front...

The Forbidden Room | Blu-ray Review

Disc Reviews

Nicholas Bell - March 15, 2016

Canadian auteur Guy Maddin continues to be something of an acquired taste, at least judging from the domestic box office of his latest, The...

Hitch Hike | Blu-ray Review

Disc Reviews

Nicholas Bell - March 15, 2016

Raro Video resurrects an exploitation goodie masquerading as another bit of cheap Eurosleaze, Hitch Hike (aka Autostop Rosso Sangue) a 1977 thriller from Italian...

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Film Festivals August 27, 2026 0

Telefilm Canada have put some sizeable coin towards a...

2027 Oscars: Japan (not France) Submits Hamaguchi’s ‘All of a Sudden’ in International Feature Race

FYC August 26, 2026 0

Canada submits Berlinale winner Nina Roza by Geneviève Dulude-de...

2027 Oscars: ‘Everytime’, ‘Coward’ & ‘Possible Loves’ Enter International Feature Oscar Race

FYC August 25, 2026 0

The International Feature Film category is only beginning to...

Park Ji-Min Joins Théodore Pellerin in Philippe Lesage’s ‘I Just Want a Great Love Story’

Foreign Film News August 25, 2026 0

Production has begun on Philippe Lesage's highly anticipated I...

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