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: #121. Nö – Dietrich Brüggemann

Nö German director Dietrich Brüggemann has commenced shooting his sixth feature Nö, produced by Martin Heisler and Gabriele Simon for Flare Film. Starring the director’s...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #122. The Sharks (Los Tiburones) – Lucía Garibaldi

The Sharks (Los Tiburones) Director Lucía Garibaldi makes her debut with The Sharks (Los Tiburones), an Uruguyan-Argentinean co-production produced by Pancho Magnou Arnabal and Melanie...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #123. El cuento de las comadrejas – Juan José Campanella

The Weasels (El Cuento de las comadrejas) Argentina’s Juan José Campanella, who oscillates back and forth between television and film, returns with eighth feature The...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #124. Notre-Dame du Nil – Atiq Rahimi

Notre-Dame du Nil (Our Lady of the Nile) Afghan filmmaker Atiq Rahimi moves into the French language with his third feature Notre-Dame du Nil (Our...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #125. Chanson Douce – Lucie Borleteau

Chanson Douce French director Lucie Borleteau heads into sophomore territory with Chanson Douce (translates as Lullaby), an adaptation of the novel by Leila Slimani (known as The...

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Caught by the Tides | Review

The Tide is High: Zhangke Splices Thwarted Romance Across...

Black Tea | Review

Spill the Tea: Sissako Flounders with Tepid Brew The level...
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