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: #20. Luca Guadagnino’s Suspiria

Suspiria Dario Argento’s 1977 giallo Suspiria is one of the most beloved horror films of all time, an eerie splash of old European glamour, decadent...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #21. Bruno Dumont’s Coincoin and the Extra Humans

Coincoin and the Extra Humans While enjoying the critical success of his innovative and unique 2017 film Jeannette, the Childhood of Joan of Arc (read review),...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #22. Paolo Sorrentino’s Loro

Loro Paolo Sorrentino has quickly become one of the most notable Italian auteurs over the past decade. Competing six times at Cannes (he won the...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #23. Pawel Pawlikowski’s Cold War

Cold War Polish auteur Pawel Pawlikowski began making films in the late 1990s with The Stringer (1998) before moving into several UK productions, including 2000’s...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #24. Jacques Audiard’s The Sisters Brothers

The Sisters Brothers One of 2018’s most highly anticipated items is Jacques Audiard’s English language debut The Sisters Brothers, his first project since winning the...

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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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