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: #126. Wilcox – Denis Côté

Wilcox Quebec’s Denis Côté looks to be ready with two new titles for 2019, the second of which will be Wilcox. Produced by Annie St-Pierre...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #127. Dirty God – Sacha Polak

Dirty God Dutch director Sacha Polak embarks on another harrowing experience with third feature, Dirty God (which commenced filming at the beginning of 2018). Produced...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #128. I Am Mother – Grant Sputore

I Am Mother Australia’s Grant Sputore makes a high profile directorial debut with I Am Mother, a post-apocalyptic sci-fi feature produced by Kelvin Munro of...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #129. Monday – Argyris Papadimitropoulos

Monday One of a handful of notable directors stepping out from the shadows of the Greek Weird Wave is Argyris Papadimitropoulos, who will present his...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #130. Heidi – Catalin Mitulescu

Heidi A prominent member of the Romanian New Wave, Catalin Mitulescu’s fourth feature will be Heidi, which he self-produced through Strada Film. In development since...

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