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: #68. Dernier amour – Benoît Jacquot

Dernier amour French director Benoît Jacquot returns to period filmmaking with his 25th feature, Dernier amour (Casanova). Reuniting with Vincent Lindon, who also starred in Jacquot’s...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #69. Last Words – Jonathan Nossiter

Last Words For his fourth narrative feature, US based filmmaker Jonathan Nossiter embarks on the long-gestating Last Words, a French-Italian co-production through Paris-based Doc &...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #70. The Golden Glove – Fatih Akin

The Golden Glove (Der goldene Handschuh) Germany’s Fatih Akin turns to horror for his tenth feature, The Golden Glove, which relays the true story of...

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...

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