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: #114. White, White Day – Hlynur Palmason

White, White Day Iceland’s Hlynur Palmason returns with his sophomore feature White, White Day, an Icelandic-Swedish-Danish coproduction produced by Anton Mani Svansson for Join Motion...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #115. The Thousand Miles – Sylvain Chomet

The Thousand Miles Sylvain Chomet may finally be ready with his fourth feature (and third animated project) The Thousand Miles, his first return to the...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #116. God Exists, Her Name is Petrunija – Teona Strugar Mitevska

God Exists, Her Name is Petrunija Macedonia’s Teona Strugar Mitevska fifth feature is the intriguingly titled God Exists, Her Name is Petrunija. Produced by Labina...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #117. We Are Little Zombies – Makoto Nagahisa

We Are Little Zombies Japan’s Makoto Nagahisa makes his directorial debut with We Are Little Zombies, produced by Shinichi Takahashi, Tahei Tamanishi, Haruki Yokoyama, and...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #118. 438 Days – Jesper Ganslandt

438 Days After premiering two films in 2018, Sweden’s Jesper Ganslandt fast tracks his sixth feature, 438 Days (438 Dager) Produced by Sandra Harms and Karl...

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Interview: Sarah Friedland & Kathleen Chalfant – Familiar Touch

A work-in-progress participant at the 2023 American Film Festival...

Mister ‘October’ – Cory Michael Smith Toplines Jeremy Saulnier’s A24 Horror Thriller Project

Jeremy Saulnier's Rebel Ridge had a wonky production narrative...

IndieSponge Episode: Emmanuelle (2025) Movie Review

Before our official launch, Kevin Jagernauth and I had...
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