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 2019: #2. The Truth – Hirokazu Kore-eda

The Truth Fresh off his 2018 Palme d’Or winning Shoplifters (review), prolific Japanese auteur Hirokazu Kore-eda continues his perennial output with his latest project, The Truth,...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #3. Nighthawk (Bacurau) – Kleber Mendonça Filho & Juliano Dornelles

Nighthawk (Bacurau) Brazilian director Kleber Mendonça Filho returns with his third feature, Nighthawk (aka Bacurau), recruiting his previous production designer Juliano Dornelles as co-director. Filho...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #4. Pain and Glory (Dolor y Gloria) – Pedro Almodóvar

Pain and Glory (Dolor y Gloria) One of the most influential Spanish auteurs of all time, Pedro Almodóvar will be set to unveil his 21st...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #5. Zombi Child – Bertrand Bonello

Zombi Child Art-house auteur Bertrand Bonello returns with what’s described as a mix between ‘ethnology and fantasy’ for his eighth feature, Zombi Child. Following the...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #6. Siberia – Abel Ferrara

Siberia We’ve been waiting quite some time for the latest narrative feature from Abel Ferrara, who has been struggling to get financing for his project...

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Interview: Arab Nassar – Once Upon a Time in Gaza

Over the course of their three feature films, Gaza-born...

Interview: Tawfeek Barhom – I’m Glad You’re Dead Now (Short)

From Tarik Selah's Boy from Heaven (2022) to the...

Interview: Ali Asgari – Divine Comedy

Sometimes, in a landscape where censorship and endless approvals...

Interview: Hasan Hidi – The President’s Cake

Earlier this year, first-time filmmaker Hasan Hadi arrived in...
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