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: #16. Dau – Ilya Khrzhanovsky

Dau It looks as if 2019 will be the year we see Ilya Khrzhanovsky’s insane recuperation of Stalinist era Russia with the infamous Dau. Some...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #17. Wild Goose Lake – Yi’nan Diao

Wild Goose Lake After taking home the Golden Bear at the 2014 Berlin International Film Festival for his enjoyable genre film Black Coal, Thin Ice (review),...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #18. The Barefoot Emperor – Jessica Woodworth & Peter Brosens

The Barefoot Emperor Belgian directing duo Jessica Woodworth and Peter Brosens have forged full speed ahead into their fifth feature, The Barefoot Emperor, which appears...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #19. Little Joe – Jessica Hausner

Little Joe Austrian director Jessica Hausner returns to the essence of genre with her fifth feature Little Joe, which deals with issues of reality vs....

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #20. Wasp Network – Olivier Assayas

Wasp Network French auteur Olivier Assayas (partner to Mia Hansen-Løve who we find on our list as well) shows no signs of slowing down (or for hopping...

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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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