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.

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Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2021: #37. Quentin Dupieux’s Incroyable mais vrai

Incroyable mais vrai Produced by Thomas Verhaeghe Directed by Quentin Dupieux Written by Quentin Dupieux Starring: Alain Chabat, Léa Drucker, Benoît Magimel, Anaïs Demoustier. Release Date/Prediction: A...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2021: #38. Bertrand Mandico’s After Blue

After Blue (Paradis sale) Produced by Emmanuel Chaumet Directed by Bertrand Mandico Written by Bertrand Mandico Starring: Elina Löwensohn, Vimala Pons, Mara Taquin Cinematographer: Pascale Granel Release Date/Prediction:...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2021: #39. Mia Hansen-Løve’s Bergman Island

Bergman Island Produced by Charles Gillibert, Rodrigo Teixeira, Erik Hemmendorff, Lisa Widén. Directed by Mia Hansen-Løve Written by Mia Hansen-Løve Starring: Mia Wasikowska, Vicky Krieps, Tim Roth, Anders...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2021: #40. Ramon Zürcher’s The Girl and the Spider

The Girl and the Spider Produced by Aline Schmid, Adrian Blaser Directed by Ramon Zürcher Written by Ramon Zürcher, Silvan Zürcher Starring: Henriette Confurius, Liliane Amuat, Ursina Lardi,...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2021: #41. Asghar Farhadi’s A Hero

A Hero Produced by Asghar Farhadi, Alexandre Mallet-Guy Directed by Asghar Farhadi Written by Asghar Farhadi Starring: Ra'na Azadivar, Mohsen Tanabandeh, Amir Jadidi Cinematographer: To be determined. Release...

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2026 Eurimages: Kira Kovalenko, Monia Chokri & Camille Vidal-Naquet Land Coin

Some Cannes Film Festival alumni in Kira Kovalenko, Monia...

The Most Precious Of Cargoes | Review

The Zone of Disinterest: Hazanavicius Reanimates the Holocaust in...

Romería | Review

Blood Relatives: Simon Treads Familiar Water with Continued Autofiction After...
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