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: #36. Waiting for the Barbarians – Ciro Guerra

Waiting for the Barbarians Colombian auteur Ciro Guerra branches out into a high-profile international co-production for his fifth film, an adaptation of South African Nobel...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #37. Synonymes – Nadav Lapid

Synonymes Israeli director Nadav Lapid breaks into French cinema with his long-gestating third feature Synonymes (Synonyms). Produced by Said Ben Said and Michel Merkt, the young cast...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #38. Farewell to the Night (L’Adieu a la nuit) – André Téchiné

Farewell to the Night (L’Adieu a la nuit) French auteur André Téchiné reunites with Catherine Deneuve for the eighth time with Farewell to the Night...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #39. Vitalina Varela – Pedro Costa

Vitalina Varela Portuguese director returns to Fontainhas for his seventh feature, Vitalina Varela (which has been previously listed as the title Daughters of Fire). Starring...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #40. Sin – Andrey Konchalovsky

Sin It seems Sin (aka Il Peccato) the latest project from Russian auteur Andrey Konchalovsky, got left out in the cold come the end of...

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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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