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: #4. Leos Carax’s Annette

Annette It will have been six years since Leos Carax’s 2012 masterpiece Holy Motors (read review) was unveiled at the Cannes Film Festival—itself a break from...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: # 5. Mia Hansen-Løve’s Maya

Maya After winning Best Director at the 2016 Berlinale thanks to her exquisite Isabelle Huppert starrer Things to Come (read review), French director Mia Hansen-Løve finally...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #6. Andrey Konchalovsky’s Il Peccato

Il Peccato A titan of Russian cinema, Andrey Konchalovsky famously cut his teeth as a writer for Tarkovsky (Ivan’s Childhood; Andrei Rublev) before breaking out...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #7. Carlos Reygadas’ Where Life is Born

Where Life is Born Carlos Reygadas remains at the forefront of a new wave of Mexican auteurs who examine contemporary social ills while blending elements...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #8. Christian Petzold’s Transit

Transit The most internationally recognized member of the Berlin School of filmmakers, Christian Petzold and his frequent collaborator, Nina Hoss, have presented some of contemporary...

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2026 Cannes Film Festival – Checklist of Our Reviews

IONCINEMA.com’s Chief Film Critic Nicholas Bell reviewed the entire...

2026 Cannes Film Festival Winners – Un Certain Regard [Video]

The jury of Leila Bekhti and peers Thomas Cailley,...
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