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: #61. It Must Be Heaven – Elia Suleiman

It Must Be Heaven Palestinian director Elia Suleiman breaks a ten year hiatus from narrative features with his latest project, It Must Be Heaven, his...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #62. Sibyl – Justine Triet

Sibyl Following the runaway success of her 2016 sophomore film Victoria, director Justine Triet returns with the highly anticipated dramedy Sibyl, filmed in secret over...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #63. The County – Grimur Hakonarson

The County Four years after his hit sophomore film Rams (2015), Iceland’s Grimur Hakonarson should at last be ready with his third feature, The County....

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #64. Saturday Fiction – Lou Ye

Saturday Fiction Chinese filmmaker Lou Ye’s eleventh feature Saturday Fiction promises to be among his more extravagant offerings of late, featuring a handsome international cast...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #65. Martin Eden – Pietro Marcello

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