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: #111. Tijuana Bible – Jean-Charles Hue

Tijuana Bible French filmmaker Jean-Charles Hue travels abroad for his long-awaited third feature Tijuana Bible. Philippe Braunstein and Axel Guyot (who also co-wrote) produced the...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #112. Valley of the Gods – Lech Majewski

Valley of the Gods Polish director Lech Majewski’s long gestating art-house sci-fi film Valley of the Gods should finally pop up somewhere in 2018. Majewki...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #113. Judy and Punch – Mirrah Foulkes

Judy and Punch Australian actress Mirrah Foulkes makes her directorial debut with Judy and Punch, produced by Michele Bennett, Nash Edgerton and Danny Gabai. Cinematographer...

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...

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2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 1 – Koji Fukada’s ‘Nagi Notes’

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A Woman’s Life (La Vie d’une femme) | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review

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Nagi Notes | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review

Only the Lonely: Fukada Explores Constructions of Identity Japanese auteur...
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