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:

Magallanes | 2015 TIFF Review

On the Horizon of Redemption: Del Solar’s Impressive Debut a Historically Relevant Neo-Noir The sins of the recent past infect Peruvian actor Salvador del Solar’s...

Criterion Collection: Blind Chance | Blu-ray Review

Polish auteur Krzysztof Kieslowski’s fascination with allegorical intersections took full flight with his 1987 title Blind Chance, a three tiered narrative metaphor for Poland’s...

The Cut | Review

Third Cut is the Deepest: Akin’s Barren Examination of Armenian Genocide Turkish-German director Fatih Akin concludes his decade in the making ‘Love, Death, and the...

The Ones Below | 2015 TIFF Review

Changeling Chronicles: Farr’s Eerie Debut a Duel of Deserving Motherhood Screenwriter and playwright David Farr makes his directorial debut with The Ones Below, a psychological...

Closet Monster | 2015 TIFF Review

Epistemology of the Closet: Dunn’s Impressive Debut a Pronounced Portrait of Agitated Angst Notable short filmmaker Stephen Dunn (Pop-up Porno, 2015) makes an impressive feature...

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