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: #25. Fabrice du Welz’s Adoration

Adoration Belgian genre auteur Fabrice du Welz has been fast-tracking the third installment of his Ardennes Trilogy, which began with his delightfully macabre 2004 debut...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #26. Jennifer Kent’s The Nightingale

The Nightingale Responsible for one of the most successful debuts over the past decade with 2014’s The Babadook (read ★★★★ review), Australia’s Jennifer Kent is ready...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: # 27. Laszlo Nemes’ Sunset

Sunset Anticipation is high for the sophomore film from Hungary’s Laszlo Nemes following his grueling Holocaust drama Son of Saul (interview), which took home the Grand...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #28. Naomi Kawase’s Vision

Vision Japanese auteur Naomi Kawase is a veritable fixture at the Cannes Film Festival since 1997’s Suzaku (which premiered in Directors’ Fortnight), but whose films...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #29. Jean-Luc Godard’s Le livre d’image

Le livre d'image The latest film from Jean-Luc Godard is still shrouded in mystery, and apparently has been re-titled Le livre d'image or the English...

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