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 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #10. Bergman Island – Mia Hansen-Løve

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Nicholas Bell - January 3, 2020

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 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #11. Wicked Games – Ulrich Seidl

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Nicholas Bell - January 3, 2020

Böse Spiele A project which has been developing for the past several years, it would appear 2020 is finally the year in which Ulrich Seidl’s...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #12. The Girl and the Spider – Ramon Zürcher

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Nicholas Bell - January 3, 2020

Das Mädchen und die Spinne Swiss director Ramon Zürcher at last returns with sophomore feature, Das Mädchen und die Spinne (The Girl and the Spider), a...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #13. The Souvenir: Part II – Joanna Hogg

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Nicholas Bell - January 3, 2020

The Souvenir: Part II British director Joanna Hogg’s fourth feature The Souvenir finally brought her to much deserved international acclaim after premiering at the 2019...