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:

V/H/S | Review

A Worthwhile Horror Anthology For the Found Footage Generation We all know it goes without saying that the problem with the anthology or omnibus film...

Wake In Fright | Review

Down & Outback: Lost Australian Classic a Moody Nightmare Long considered a lost classic, spurring a decade long search for the film’s negative (which ended...

Sister | Review

The Kid with the Skis: Ursula Meier’s Latest Hits Emotional Summit Swiss director Ursula Meier returns after her solid 2008 debut, Home, with Sister (or...

To the Wonder | TIFF 2012 Review

Wonder Dunder: Malick’s Visual Poem Prayer a Taxing Free Verse If you’ve happened to read anything about Terrence Malick’s latest film, To the Wonder, chances...

Thy Womb | TIFF 2012 Review

Womb Doom: Mendoza Gives Us Another Poverty Stricken Filipino Narrative Quickly assuming the stature of one of the most important directors from the Philippines, Brillante Mendoza...

Breaking

Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma | Review

The Story of O: Schoenbrun Approaches the Horrific Desire...

‘Neon Bull’ & ‘The Blue Trail’ Gabriel Mascaro Launches Production Company

In a rather lengthy profile piece we learnt that...

2026 TIFF: Paolo Strippoli, Anna Biller, Matthew Rankin & Eugene Kotlyarenko in Midnight Madness Section

Last year, the Midnight Madness section received one heck...
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