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: #71. The Sunlit Night – David Wnendt

The Sunlit Night German filmmaker David Wnendt goes international with his sixth film, a German-Norwegian-American co-production which will also serve as his English language debut....

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #72. Pelican Blood – Katrin Gebbe

Pelican Blood (Pelikanblut) Personal sacrifice is again the central theme in the sophomore film from Germany’s Katrin Gebbe, who nabs Nina Hoss as the lead...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #73. Sisters (Soeurs) – Yamina Benguigui

Sisters (Soeurs) It’s been eighteen years since Yamina Benguigui’s critically acclaimed 2001 debut Inch’Allah dimanche, and she’s back with sophomore narrative feature Sisters (Soeurs). Benguigui...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #74. Fever Dream (Distancia de Rescate) – Claudia Llosa

Fever Dream (Distancia de Rescate) Peruvian director Claudia Llosa breaks a five year hiatus and returns with her fourth feature Fever Dream (Distancia de Rescate)....

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #75. C’est Extra – Guillaume Nicloux

C’est Extra France’s Guillaume Nicloux begins his fifteenth feature film C’est Extra by reuniting with two of his previous headliners, Michel Houellebecq (The Kidnapping 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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