Nicholas Bell

4622 POSTS
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:

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #4. Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Lobster

The Lobster Director: Yorgos Lanthimos // Writers: Efthymis Filippou, Yorgos Lanthimos With his third feature, 2009's Dogtooth, Yorgos Lanthimos became the forefront of what's coming to...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #5. Guillaume Nicloux’s The Valley of Love

The Valley of Love Director: Guillaume Nicloux // Writer: Guillaume Nicloux Even with eleven feature films under his belt, director Guillaume Nicloux remains the least recognizable...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #6. Ilya Khrzhanovsky’s Dau

Dau Director: Ilya Khrzhanovsky // Writers: Ilya Khrzhanovsky, Susanne Marian, Vladimir Sorokin Long touted as one of the most ambitious Russian films ever made (but perhaps...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #7. Abdellatif Kechiche’s La blessure

La blessure Director: Abdellatif Kechiche // Writer: Abdellatif Kechiche, Francois Begaudeau Few auteurs have reached the heights of emotional realism in narrative cinema as has Tunisian...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #8. Gaspar Noé’s Love

Love Director: Gaspar Noé // Writer: Gaspar Noé The most controversial director in our top ten list has to be Argentinean director Gaspar Noé, who has...

Breaking

Black Money for White Nights | 2026 Karlovy Vary Film Festival Review

Steal Big, Steal Little: Grozeva & Valchanov Deliver Just...

The Guest | 2026 Karlovy Vary Film Festival Review

You’ll (Dis)Like My Mother: Mengel Mars a Celebration With his...

A Happy Family | 2026 Karlovy Vary Film Festival Review

She’s Come Undone: Mack Concocts an Empathetic Chaos It’s clear...
spot_imgspot_img