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 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #10. Peter Strickland’s In Fabric

In Fabric British director Peter Strickland is responsible for three formidably distinct genre tinged recuperations of the past decade---and remains frustratingly underrated. Arriving with 2009’s...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #11. Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s Wild Pear Tree

Wild Pear Tree Turkish auteur Nuri Bilge Ceylan returns with his first project since winning the Palme d’Or for 2014’s Winter Sleep. His eighth film,...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #12. Lee Chang-dong’s Burning

Burning About a year prior, South Korean auteur Lee Chang-dong was about to begin production on his sixth feature, Burning before abruptly announcing the project...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #13. Benoît Jacquot’s Eva

Eva Several months after premiering his Don DeLillo adaptation Never Ever out of competition in Venice 2016, the prolific Benoît Jacquot returned to work with...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #14. Abdellatif Kechiche’s Pray for Jack

Pray for Jack Controversy and contention have followed French-Tunisian director Abdellatif Kechiche ever since winning the Palme d’Or in 2013 for Blue is the Warmest...

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2026 Cannes Film Festival Predictions: Palme d’Or – Part 1

In less than two weeks, Thierry Frémaux will unveil...

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