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 Kindergarten Teacher | Blu-ray Review

Released at the end of July in a limited theatrical run via Kino Lorber, a bit over a year after premiering out of...

Partisan | Blu-ray Review

After winning an award for Best Cinematography in the World Cinema competition at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, Ariel Kleiman’s directorial debut Partisan was...

The Girl King | Review

The Throne of Loneliness: Kaurismaki Cartoons Christina Considering it’s been forty years since her last notable on screen incarnation, the time has come for a...

Krampus | Review

The Nightmare During Christmas: Doughtery’s Cutesy Morality Play on the Christmas Spirit Exploring the adverse aspects of Christmas, one of the most cherished holidays...

Life | Review

Or Something Like It: Corbijn Resurrects Dean Without a Cause Following his 2014 John Le Carre adaptation A Man Most Wanted, director Anton Corbijn delves...

Breaking

Interview: Hédi Zardi Atlas Workshop – 2026 Marrakech Film Festival

The Atlas Workshops provide artistic and professional support to...

Possible Love | Review

Blue is the Warmest Collar: Chang-dong Prepares a Touch...

Lee Chang-dong – Possible Love

For his seventh feature film, Korean master filmmaker Lee...

Interview: Travis Knight – Wildwood

Among those that play the long game we could...
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